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Senior local authority officials are lobbying to relax freedom of information (FoI) law so that they can increase charges, delay responses and reject more requests as “vexatious”. Two groups representing...

Dozens of companies have undergone human rights checks by Scottish Enterprise following concerns over public money being awarded to arms firms through business grants. We can reveal that new assessments...

We probably don’t push the annual Wings fundraiser hard enough. Sure, we tweet about it every few days, but other than that we pretty much leave it to get on...

Every prisoner in Scotland should be given the right to vote in elections, according to an independent penal reform organisation. Howard League Scotland believes that extending the vote to all...

The multinational salmon farming industry has been pushing behind the scenes for environmental limits on a toxic pesticide to be 100 times weaker than government regulators recommend.  The Ferret can...

We were rather startled to learn this morning that Brian Donohoe, the former Scottish Labour MP for Central Ayrshire, had been awarded a knighthood in the Queen’s latest Birthday Honours...

The arrogance of Trump is sickening, he doesn’t seem human in fact, but that’s the problem he is and the power he holds in his hands is terrifying. Very fitting...

I've been meaning for a few days to write a detailed response to Pete Wishart's new article, in which he claims that the experience of Quebec provides proof for his...

We all know how enthusiastically newspapers love to cover any celebrity story relating to Scottish independence, and this is actually quite a dramatic one. Because Dan Snow’s not just some...

I'm very surprised by the outcome of the Peterborough by-election.  John Curtice suggested during the BBC coverage that it wasn't such a shock, because the difference between the result tonight...