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Revealed: pro-Brexit Tory group working as ‘party within a party’
Documents released following a legal battle reveal the European Research Group’s “highly partial” taxpayer-funded output.
Fact check: Alleged Nigel Farage tweet about Scots ‘coming to heel’ is fake
Ferret Fact Service looks at an alleged tweet sent by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage after protests outside an Edinburgh rally.
Former Brexit minister under fire for meeting Spanish far right
Westminster's former Brexit minister, Chris Heaton-Harris, has been accused of breaching the ministerial code for meeting privately with the far-right Spanish party, Vox.
Claim a Customs Union deal means not leaving the EU is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that a Customs Union deal would mean Britain is still part of the EU.
How did Scottish MPs vote over Brexit?
Ferret Fact Service looks at the series of votes that Scottish MPs have been involved in as the UK Parliament tries to sort out Brexit.
Sturgeon pressed to better protect wildlife
Nicola Sturgeon is being urged to correct a “mistake” which makes wildlife sites in Scotland more vulnerable to damage than sites in the rest of the UK.
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.
Prime Minister’s claim of £1,400 dividend of UK membership is Unsupported
Ferret Fact Service looks at Theresa May's claim that staying in the UK gives Scots a £1400 dividend.
Scotland’s most indebted housing associations given Brexit warning
Scotland’s most indebted housing associations have insisted they could withstand a worst-case Brexit, following a warning from the Scottish Housing Regulator.