Influence games: the revolving door between politics, media and PR
Scotland’s most influential public relations companies are staffed by former politicians, government ministers, spin doctors and newspaper editors, The Ferret has found, as we looked at the…
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These data projects have developed from our reporting and are supported by the paying members of The Ferret.
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Our Holyrood Influence database combines data from multiple sources to make it easy to find out who our MSPs have been meeting with and what gifts they have received.
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