Conservative Party

Fact check, Politics

FFS explains: UK government’s voter ID plan

Ferret Journalists on January 8, 2020January 22, 2020

Ferret Fact Service looks at UK government plans to require voters to bring identification to polling stations in UK elections.

Environment

Scottish and UK governments have no records on commercial peat digging

Billy Briggs on December 29, 2019January 22, 2020

Freedom of information requests to the UK and Scottish governments reveal that authorities have no idea how much peat is being removed and sold commercially.

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Fact check: misleading political party leaflets in Scotland

Ferret Journalists on December 11, 2019January 22, 2020

Ferret Fact Service looks at a few misleading leaflets from candidates and political parties in Scotland for the general election.

Fact check, Housing and homelessness, Politics, Society

FFS Explains: what do the manifestos say about austerity?

Ferret Journalists on December 11, 2019January 22, 2020

Ferret Fact Service looks at what the Scottish party manifestos say about austerity before the general election.

Politics

Tories and LibDems given £658,000 by firms linked to tax havens

Joe Lo on December 1, 2019December 2, 2019

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds to help fight the general election from companies with links to offshore tax havens.

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Education, Employment, Society

‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity

Karin Goodwin on November 28, 2019November 29, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost UK look at how care leavers in Scotland are fighting back against the impact of government austerity policy.

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Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Billy Briggs on November 26, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.

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Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Billy Briggs on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of UK government austerity on child poverty in Fife.

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Politics

Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking

Billy Briggs on November 22, 2019November 29, 2019

A formal complaint has been sent to the Conservative Party over its rebranding of an official Twitter account as an independent fact checking service.

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Conservative Party

Fact check, Politics

FFS explains: UK government’s voter ID plan

Environment

Scottish and UK governments have no records on commercial peat digging

Fact check, Politics

Fact check: misleading political party leaflets in Scotland

Fact check, Housing and homelessness, Politics, Society

FFS Explains: what do the manifestos say about austerity?

Politics

Tories and LibDems given £658,000 by firms linked to tax havens

Education, Employment, Society

‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity

Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Politics

Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking

UK arms deals with Egypt condemned after report reveals regime’s child torture

Government delays to information rights ‘draconian’

PFI firms promote coronavirus donations but refuse NHS fee cut

Ewing backs fox control with hounds in public forests