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Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt
A prominent climate change sceptic’s company has donated £25,000 each to both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt’s Conservative leadership campaigns.
June 12, 2019
Westminster ordered to name MPs in hard Brexit lobby group
The Information Commissioner has ruled that the UK government must name the MPs that belong to the European Research Group, which favours a hard Brexit and is led by Jacob-Rees Mogg MP.
March 12, 2019
Insight: Dundee’s drugs crisis and those left behind
The drug-related death count in Dundee jumped from 57 to 73 in 2017, and is almost double the national average.
February 5, 2019
The volunteers facing jail for rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean
The risk of refugees and migrants drowning in the Mediterranean is increasing, but lifesaving volunteers are being criminalised.
September 12, 2018
Developer pressured council in bid to cut costs from city centre regeneration bill
Property developers have made repeated attempts to limit the amount they must spend on public space improvements around a controversial £850 million shopping redevelopment in the heart of Edinburgh.
November 24, 2017
Scottish council pension funds “bankrolling” arms firms
Public sector workers will be "shocked and appalled" to learn of the arms industry investments, say critics.
October 7, 2017
Scottish councils put £400m into fracking companies
Pension funds run by ten Scottish local authorities invest more than £400 million in 23 fracking companies.
June 20, 2017
Don’t do it, Scotland: fracking warnings from Pennsylvania
The Ferret investigates the fears, the worries and the costs of living with fracking in Pennsylvania.
May 24, 2017
Scottish councils pour £1.7bn into polluting fossil fuels
Scottish local authorities are investing £1.7 billion in 52 fossil fuel companies blamed for causing climate chaos.
March 13, 2017