Billy Briggs

Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Billy Briggs on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of UK government austerity on child poverty in Fife.

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Politics

Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking

Billy Briggs on November 22, 2019November 29, 2019

A formal complaint has been sent to the Conservative Party over its rebranding of an official Twitter account as an independent fact checking service.

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Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police

Billy Briggs on November 11, 2019January 22, 2020

Victims of sexual violence are being forced to spend hundreds of pounds on mobile phones seized by the police, prompting calls for urgent action to halt the billing.

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Politics

Scottish charity watchdog damns group that attacked integrity of politicians

Billy Briggs on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019

A Fife-based charity, which was funded by the UK government and attacked politicians such as Jeremy Corbyn, has been condemned by Scotland's charity regulator.

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Arms trade, Human rights, International

Arms firms in Scotland profit from walls to keep out asylum seekers

Billy Briggs on November 5, 2019January 22, 2020

Arms firms in Scotland given taxpayers' money are profiting from border security contracts in Europe designed to keep out asylum seekers.

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Environment

Squid trawlers under fire for entering protected waters

Billy Briggs on October 25, 2019October 27, 2019

Squid trawlers have been accused of "sticking two fingers up to the Scottish Government" by entering protected waters off the Berwickshire coast.

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Human rights

US ‘hate group’ linked to Trump to debate free speech in Edinburgh

Billy Briggs on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

A Christian organisation branded as an anti-LGBT hate group has been invited to Edinburgh for a debate on whether Christians should support the criminalisation of hate speech.

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Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

Billy Briggs on October 23, 2019January 22, 2020

The Scottish Government has handed nearly £15 million to arms firms with factories in Scotland who sell weaponry to Turkey.

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International, Society

Drugs, gold and guns bring terror and death to 400-mile waterway in Colombia

Billy Briggs, Simon Murphy on October 16, 2019October 20, 2019

The Colombian conflict is devastating the environment and the lives of the people who live along a 400-mile river in the South American country.

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Billy Briggs

Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Politics

Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking

Human rights, Privacy and surveillance

Rape victims billed hundreds of pounds for mobile phones seized by police

Politics

Scottish charity watchdog damns group that attacked integrity of politicians

Arms trade, Human rights, International

Arms firms in Scotland profit from walls to keep out asylum seekers

Environment

Squid trawlers under fire for entering protected waters

Human rights

US ‘hate group’ linked to Trump to debate free speech in Edinburgh

Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

International, Society

Drugs, gold and guns bring terror and death to 400-mile waterway in Colombia

Private finance schemes cost Scottish taxpayers £40bn, says spending watchdog

Scottish homeless deaths to be officially published from next month

Police Scotland taser use up sixfold in four years

2,553 devices awaiting digital analysis, say police