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Conservative Party
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Claim national service could be introduced in Scotland if Tories win is True
Ferret Fact Service looks at one of the Conservative Party’s top election pledges.
Scottish Tories handed nearly £100k by billionaire family behind tax haven firm
The Scottish Conservatives have been given £96,000 by members of an influential billionaire family behind a company ultimately owned in an offshore tax haven.
Flamingo Land: £186,000 Tory donor firm failed to pay minimum wage, claims UK Government
The company behind the controversial Flamingo Land proposed development at Loch Lomond, which has given nearly £200,000 to…
Billionaire who funded climate science denial group has given the Tory Party £100,000 this year
An Australian hedge fund billionaire who funded a climate science denial group has given the Conservative Party £366,790…
Revealed: The revolving door between fossil fuel industry and the UK Government
Over 100 people from the oil and gas sector have taken up senior government roles, and two dozen have left such positions to work for major oil companies.
Claim Labour’s 2019 manifesto called for ‘abortion on demand to birth’ is False
The former Conservative MP - now sitting as an independent - made a claim about Labour's abortion policy in 2019.
Claim UK has halved emissions and grown economy is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim that the UK has halved its greenhouse gas emissions while expanding the economy.
Claim Nicola Sturgeon said Liz Truss was useless as a ‘marzipan dildo’ in leaked message is FFS
A satirical social media post alleging insults from Nicola Sturgeon to UK Government figures went viral this week.
Billionaire lairds and Tory donors broke rules around rural subsidies
Billionaire lairds, sporting estates and Conservative Party donors in receipt of millions of pounds of public grants are among the owners of businesses which broke the rules around rural subsidies.
