Politics
Hard Brexit threat to Scotland’s ferries and harbours
Documents show a hard Brexit from the European Union threatens the maintenance of Scotland's ageing ferry fleet and harbours vital for Scotland's island communities.
Scottish Government
Fact check, Politics
Claim Richard Leonard supported the Leave campaign in Brexit vote is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim by Keith Brown MSP that Richard Leonard backed the Leave campaign in the EU referendum.
Housing and homelessness, Politics
Keep siblings together: Call for law to stop separation of brothers and sisters in care
Around 70 per cent of brothers and sisters in care are separated from at least one sibling, despite human rights law that should allow them to stay in touch.
Fact check, Housing and homelessness
Claim Scotland spends 10 times more per person on social housing than England is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the the differing levels of spending on social housing between Scotland and England.
Arms trade, Education
Arms dealers’ school visits damned as ‘moral disgrace’
BAE Systems has visited more than 400 schools across the UK and produced lessons for children.
Politics
‘I can be forthright’, says Fergus Ewing on bullying claim
Cabinet secretary, Fergus Ewing, has admitted he can be “forthright” and that he said sorry to an official who complained about being bullied.
Human rights, Politics
Information watchdog names bodies probed for ‘failures’
The Scottish Information Commissioner has intervened in ten different public agencies to try and remedy transparency failings over the last year, a report reveals.
Politics
Fergus Ewing faced ‘at least one’ bullying complaint
Cabinet secretary and veteran Scottish nationalist, Fergus Ewing MSP, has apologised to a government official who made a recent allegation of bullying against him, The Ferret understands.
Education, Human rights
Young people with autism ‘failed’ by Scottish school system
Research published by leading autism advocates shows that more than a third (34 percent) of parents claim their autistic child has been unlawfully excluded in the last two years.