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‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis
The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.
‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic
The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of UK government austerity on child poverty in Fife.
Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking
A formal complaint has been sent to the Conservative Party over its rebranding of an official Twitter account as an independent fact checking service.
Revealed: the companies in Scotland where the gender pay gap is growing
The gap between what women and men are paid widened in favour of men at over 170 organisations in Scotland last year, including prominent companies such as Ineos, Babcock, Farmfoods and Brewdog.
Election 2019: how marginal is your constituency over Brexit?
Ferret Fact Service looks the Brexit positions of the parties in seats across Scotland.
MSP pension fund aims to be more ethical – but ups fossil fuel investment
Holyrood's £86 million pension fund has ploughed more money into fossil fuels and opposed bids to combat sexual harassment and hate speech after agreeing to make investments more ethical.
Russian donors have given £3.5 million to the Conservative party
The Conservatives have received significant recent cash injections from a number of Russian donors and their associates, an investigation has uncovered.
Scottish charity watchdog damns group that attacked integrity of politicians
A Fife-based charity, which was funded by the UK government and attacked politicians such as Jeremy Corbyn, has been condemned by Scotland's charity regulator.
The North Sea oil industry’s £6.8 billion plan to breach climate targets
Ten oil companies are planning to invest £6.8 billion in six major new projects in the North Sea in breach of international targets to cut climate pollution.