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Freedom of Information
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Star wars: alarm at space agency’s 130 meetings with MoD
Senior officials from the UK Space Agency held over 130 meetings with the Ministry of Defence in 2024, prompting concerns about the “weaponisation” of space.
More than 100 environmental breaches at fish farms
Fish farms have broken environmental rules more than 100 times in the last two years, according to Scottish Government regulators.
Fish farming companies under fire for information breaches
Seven fish farming companies have been accused by the Scottish Government’s green watchdog of breaking the law by failing to provide information on fish numbers.
‘Licence to pollute’? Prosecutions of environmental rule-breakers plummet
Complaints about pollution in Scotland leapt over the last ten years while successful prosecutions of polluters have fallen from 18 to zero.
Secrecy over radioactive pollution from nuclear bases
The Ministry of Defence has blocked the Scottish Government’s environmental watchdog from releasing information about radioactive pollution from nuclear bases.
Suicide and self harm causing deaths of young people in care
At least 15 children and young people in the care system have died from suicide or drug overdoses since 2021, including an 11-year-old.
Revealed: ministers’ doubts over nuclear plant at Torness
Labour and Conservative governments secretly harboured doubts about building a nuclear power station at Torness in East Lothian in the late 1970s.
Claim SNP has power to scrap two-child cap in Scotland is Half True
The new Labour government is under pressure to scrap the controversial ‘two-child cap’.
Safety warnings as cracks rise at Torness nuclear plant
The number of cracks in an ageing nuclear reactor has risen to 46, prompting warnings that prolonging its operation would be “gambling with public safety”.
