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scotland office
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Catch of the day: industry pressures government to serve farmed salmon
The UK Government has been accused of acting as the “promotional wing” of the multinational salmon farming industry.
Who’s winning friends and influencing people at the Scotland Office?
As part of Who Runs Scotland, we explore who has been trying to influence the new-look Scotland Office since the general election last July.
Fuel, fishing, finance: powerful interests dominate Scotland Office meetings
Big business including oil and renewable energy, farming, fishing, finance and whisky dominated Scotland Office ministers’ meetings last year, analysis by The Ferret has found.
Claim more children leave school without qualifications than 20 years ago is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim from Scotland secretary David Mundell about young people leaving school without qualifications.
Tories accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ after £120k spent on Mundell’s foreign trips
The SNP has slammed Conservatives after it emerged that Scotland Secretary David Mundell spent £120,000 on trips abroad in the last three years.
Scotland Office used tax-payer funded Facebook ads to ‘manipulate voters’
Campaigners said the Scotland Office could be using taxpayer funded Facebook ads to “manipulate potential voters for party political purposes.”
Claim Scotland Office hospitality spending has increased seven-fold is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at claims of a significant hospitality spending increase by the Scotland Office.
