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Edinburgh under fire for failing to make money from film disruption

Jamie Mann on September 5, 2019September 8, 2019

The City of Edinburgh Council has admitted that it has not made money from film companies for street closures despite the disruption they cause.

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Finance, Politics

Dundee council ‘raided’ common good fund for £5.5k Lord Provost portrait

Jamie Mann, Ally Tibbitt on July 5, 2019August 19, 2019

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.

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Finance, Health

More than 100 football pitches sold off by Scottish councils

Joe Lo on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019

New data has revealed that Scottish councils have sold off more than 100 football pitches, which has been blamed on increased funding pressures.

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Finance, Housing and homelessness, Politics

Property industry treats top Scots politicians to £5,000 dinner in Cannes

Ally Tibbitt on May 21, 2019August 19, 2019

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.

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Environment, Finance

Aberdeenshire residents urge council to say sorry for backing Trump

Jamie Mann on April 15, 2019April 15, 2019

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.

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Politics, Finance

Tories accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ after £120k spent on Mundell’s foreign trips

Jamie Mann, Ally Tibbitt on April 11, 2019August 19, 2019

The SNP has slammed Conservatives after it emerged that Scotland Secretary David Mundell spent £120,000 on trips abroad in the last three years.

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Fact check, Finance, Society

Claim Scottish banknotes are not ‘legal tender’ in England is True

Ferret Journalists on April 10, 2019January 27, 2020

Ferret Fact Service looks at the argument over whether Scottish banknotes are 'legal tender' in England.

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Politics, Finance

Scotland’s richest MSP’s firm pockets £185,000 in business grant ‘shambles’

Ally Tibbitt on March 31, 2019August 19, 2019

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.

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Finance, Politics

Westminster bill risks ‘flood’ of foreign dark money into politics

Jamie Mann on March 25, 2019April 6, 2019

A Westminster bill to scrap a time limit on donations to political parties from UK citizens living abroad could unleash a new wave of ‘dark money’ into politics, campaigners have warned.

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Finance

Finance, Politics

Edinburgh under fire for failing to make money from film disruption

Finance, Politics

Dundee council ‘raided’ common good fund for £5.5k Lord Provost portrait

Finance, Health

More than 100 football pitches sold off by Scottish councils

Finance, Housing and homelessness, Politics

Property industry treats top Scots politicians to £5,000 dinner in Cannes

Environment, Finance

Aberdeenshire residents urge council to say sorry for backing Trump

Politics, Finance

Tories accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ after £120k spent on Mundell’s foreign trips

Fact check, Finance, Society

Claim Scottish banknotes are not ‘legal tender’ in England is True

Politics, Finance

Scotland’s richest MSP’s firm pockets £185,000 in business grant ‘shambles’

Finance, Politics

Westminster bill risks ‘flood’ of foreign dark money into politics

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