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SNP claim of 2500% increase in child food bank use is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that the Conservatives have overseen a 2500 per cent increase in children using food banks in Scotland.
July 23, 2017
Yes they can: taxpayers billed £23,000 for Obama dinner tickets
Taxpayer funded bodies paid up to £1,200 a head for staff and guests to attend an exclusive dinner with former US President Barack Obama.
July 21, 2017
Revealed: £1m tax sweetener for Cairngorms land deal
A Highland laird was given a tax “sweetener” in a secretive £7.2 million deal to buy an ancient Caledonian pine forest.
April 11, 2016
Council breaking CCTV privacy rules, claims former worker
A former CCTV operator with 15 years experience claims council managers ignored frequent breaches of privacy laws on an almost daily basis.
March 15, 2016
Resistance: The people fighting fracking in Scotland
Meet the people campaigning for a permanent ban on fracking and other unconventional gas extraction industries in Scotland.
December 16, 2015