An £1,800 fine imposed on a Tory dark money trust is "derisory" and "an advert to break the rules", say politicians and campaigners.
A "dark money" trust that gave £364,000 to the Scottish Conservatives has been fined £1,800 by the UK Electoral Commission for failing to properly report donations.
The City of Edinburgh Council has admitted that it has not made money from film companies for street closures despite the disruption they cause.
Dundee City Council has been criticised for using £5,500 of its Common Good Fund to pay for a portrait of the city’s Lord Provost.
New data has revealed that Scottish councils have sold off more than 100 football pitches, which has been blamed on increased funding pressures.
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.
Aberdeenshire Council is facing calls to apologise for supporting the development of Donald Trump’s golf course, which failed to bring the jobs promised and damaged the environment.
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 is under pressure to return a £185,000 property development grant after bungling officials failed to claim it back on time.
