Property industry treats top Scots politicians to £5,000 dinner in Cannes
Top Scottish politicians quaffed champagne and dined on veal alongside property investors at a secret £5,000 VIP dinner in the south of France, The Ferret has learned.
Snooping fears over police seizing a hundred phones a day
Police Scotland has admitted seizing more than a hundred mobile phones a day, amid mounting calls for the government to clarify the rules that protect citizens from police snooping.
Amazon pays more tax to Fife Council than to the UK government
Amazon pays more to Fife Council in rates and rent than it does to the UK government in corporation tax, prompting calls for the internet giant to pay its “fair share of tax.”
Tories accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ after £120k spent on Mundell’s foreign trips
The SNP has slammed Conservatives after it emerged that Scotland Secretary David Mundell spent £120,000 on trips abroad in the last three years.
Scotland’s richest MSP’s firm pockets £185,000 in business grant ‘shambles’
Scotland's richest MSP is under pressure to return a £185,000 property development grant after bungling officials failed to claim it back on time.
Scotland’s most indebted housing associations given Brexit warning
Scotland’s most indebted housing associations have insisted they could withstand a worst-case Brexit, following a warning from the Scottish Housing Regulator.
Campaigners: tourist tax should fund crack down on short-term lets
A campaign group has called on the City of Edinburgh Council to use money raised from a proposed new tourist tax to crack down on problems associated with short-term lets.
The Ferret welcomes Cairncross Review, urges both Scottish and UK Governments to take action.
The Cairncross Review into the future of news in the UK has been released today, following a period…
£2m cost of Scotland’s peers sparks call for reforms
Peers living in Scotland claimed £2.1 million from taxpayers over 12 months, up 16 per cent on two years ago - and most of them were Liberal Democrats.