Glasgow

Human rights, Society

‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people

Karin Goodwin on November 27, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of government austerity policy on the lives of disabled people in Scotland.

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Arms trade

Serco slammed for plans to attend arms fair while evicting asylum seekers

Billy Briggs on August 20, 2019August 22, 2019

Serco, a firm evicting hundreds of asylum seekers from their homes in Glasgow, will be exhibiting at a controversial arms trade show.

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Employment, Health

Army under fire for targeting recruitment adverts during ‘January Blues’

Joe Lo on June 21, 2019June 23, 2019

The British Army has been criticised for targeting online recruitment adverts at young, risk-taking, working class Scots suffering the "January Blues".

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Housing and homelessness, Politics, Society

Airbnb lobbying revealed as SNP and Tories water down regulation

Joe Lo on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

An Airbnb lobbyist met with a Conservative MSP accused of "sabotaging" regulation on short-term lettings, according to the lobbying register.

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Asylum, Human rights

Home Office accused of racial profiling after 200 targeted in Glasgow

Billy Briggs on May 2, 2019May 3, 2019

More than 200 British citizens in Glasgow underwent spot checks by immigration officers in 21 months, prompting claims the Home Office has been conducting racial profiling.

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Environment

Bus firm failure to cut toxic fumes branded ‘disgrace’

Rob Edwards on March 3, 2019April 6, 2019

Glasgow's biggest bus company is ignoring an £8 million Scottish Government fund to stop toxic exhaust fumes polluting city streets.

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Environment

Named: the city streets badly polluted by traffic fumes

Rob Edwards on January 27, 2019April 6, 2019

Busy streets in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee are being polluted by exhaust fumes in breach of legal safety limits introduced in 2010, according to the latest government monitoring.

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Asylum, Housing and homelessness

Serco loses contract to house asylum seekers in Scotland

Karin Goodwin on January 8, 2019April 6, 2019

Serco has lost a multi-million pound contract to house asylum seekers in Scotland to Mears Group, a UK-wide housing and social care provider.

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Housing and homelessness

Review promised on Scottish homeless death statistics

Karin Goodwin on November 1, 2018April 6, 2019

Scotland's national records office says it will undertake a review that could see it count the deaths of homeless people for the first time.

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Glasgow

Arms trade

Serco slammed for plans to attend arms fair while evicting asylum seekers

Employment, Health

Army under fire for targeting recruitment adverts during ‘January Blues’

Housing and homelessness, Politics, Society

Airbnb lobbying revealed as SNP and Tories water down regulation

Asylum, Human rights

Home Office accused of racial profiling after 200 targeted in Glasgow

Environment

Bus firm failure to cut toxic fumes branded ‘disgrace’

Environment

Named: the city streets badly polluted by traffic fumes

Asylum, Housing and homelessness

Serco loses contract to house asylum seekers in Scotland

Housing and homelessness

Review promised on Scottish homeless death statistics

Thousands of callers fail to get through on rape helpline

Warning that wildlife in danger from ‘staggering’ 40% funding cuts

Revealed: the narrowing options at secondary schools in poorer areas

Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that violent crime is at 40-year low is False