Fact check
Labour’s claim that bus services are ‘grinding to a halt’ is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at Scottish Labour’s claim that passenger numbers are reducing and bus services are “grinding to a halt”.
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Labour’s claim 60 per cent of train stations failed targets is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a Scottish Labour claim that 60 per cent of train stations failed punctuality targets in July.
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Sturgeon’s claim that SNP scrapped tuition fees is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that the SNP scrapped tuition fees.
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Single market membership is not dependent on being in EU
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim Britain needs to be in the European Union to be a member of the single market.
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SNP claim of 2500% increase in child food bank use is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that the Conservatives have overseen a 2500 per cent increase in children using food banks in Scotland.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s Repeal Bill devolution “power grab” claim is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that the EU Repeal Bill is a “naked power grab” by the UK government.
Politics
Yes they can: taxpayers billed £23,000 for Obama dinner tickets
Taxpayer funded bodies paid up to £1,200 a head for staff and guests to attend an exclusive dinner with former US President Barack Obama.
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FFS explains: how does EU trade work?
Ferret Fact Service takes a look at how European Union trade works, and what the UK’s options may be after Brexit.
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Brexit trade deals with the US and Australia are not ‘in the bag’
Ferret Fact Service assesses Lord Digby Jones’s tweet that trade deals with the US and Australia are ‘in the bag’.