Finance
Secret private finance deals ‘give too much power to companies’
Private finance schemes are secretive, give too much power to companies outwith Scotland and may not deliver value for money.
Labour
Education, Fact check
Theresa May’s claim tuition fees meant an increase in university students is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at Theresa May’s claim that the tuition fees policy led to more students in university.
Fact check, Politics
Did 80 per cent of British people vote for parties that accept Brexit?
Ferret Fact Service assesses David Davis’s claim that 80 per cent of voters supported parties who have backed Brexit being carried out.
Education, Fact check
Has the SNP overseen an increase in the education attainment gap?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Kezia Dugdale's claim on the education attainment gap in Scotland.
Politics
Angry far right posts are dominating political Facebook
Facebook data shows that right wing groups are adept at using anger as a means of outperforming their rivals on the social media platform.
Education, Politics
Five-star hospitality for education advisers will ‘stun taxpayers’
Members of a Government advisory group have enjoyed five-star luxury at an exclusive Edinburgh hotel.
Crime and justice, Privacy and surveillance
Spy cops assured immunity at Pitchford Inquiry
Former undercover police officers giving evidence to the 'spy cops' Pitchford Inquiry will not face retrospective misconduct proceedings
Politics
Peers living in Scotland cost £1.8m per year
Some of the most expensive Scottish peers have claimed thousands of pounds for 'excessive' air travel between Scotland and London whilst campaigning on climate change.
Environment, Fracking, Politics
SNP criticised for links to drilling company
Concerns raised about more than £27,000 donated to the Scottish National Party by a drilling company that could benefit if the moratorium on fracking were to end.