Fact check, Politics
Is no Brexit deal with the EU better than a bad deal?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Theresa May’s claim that no Brexit deal with the European Union is preferable to a bad deal for the UK.
Politics
Fact check, Politics
FFS live blog: The Scottish leaders’ debate
We work with a panel of experts to live fact check the STV Scottish Leaders debate.
Finance, Politics
Scottish candidates raise thousands through election crowdfunders
Scottish general election candidates have raised more than £200,000 through crowdfunding sites, The Ferret can reveal.
Politics
Scottish ministers under fire for freedom of information breaches
Journalists have accused the Scottish Government of failing to keep records and frustrating freedom of information law.
Fact check, Politics
Does Scotland attract only four per cent of the UK’s immigrants?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Ruth Davidson's claim that Scotland only attracts four per cent of the immigrants that come to the UK.
Education, Fact check, Politics
Do one in five Scots children leave primary school ‘functionally illiterate’?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Ruth Davidson's claim that one-fifth of primary school leavers in Scotland is functionally illiterate.
Politics
Charlotte Street Partners lobbying for Rupert Murdoch papers
Influential PR firm Charlotte Street Partners is lobbying on behalf of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper titles in Scotland.
Environment, Politics
Scottish ministers roasted on freedom of information
An investigation by Scotland's information watchdog has lambasted ministers for their “poor” approach to freedom of information law.
Fracking, Politics
Ineos boss lobbied Osborne to bust unions and back fracking
Jim Ratcliffe, boss of Grangemouth petrochemical giant Ineos, secretly lobbied George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer to muzzle the unions.