Environment
Growing support for compulsory neutering of pet cats
A new campaign to force pet owners to neuter their cats to reduce suffering and save wildcats has won widespread support.
Scottish Parliament
Fact check
Labour claim that SNP voted down public sector pay cap end is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that the SNP voted against scrapping the public sector pay cap.
Fact check
Sturgeon’s claim that SNP scrapped tuition fees is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that the SNP scrapped tuition fees.
Fact check, Politics
Does Scotland attract only four per cent of the UK’s immigrants?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Ruth Davidson’s claim that Scotland only attracts four per cent of the immigrants that come to the UK.
Environment
Failing efforts to combat wildlife crime prompt pressure for action
Attempts to defeat wildlife crime unravel as gamekeepers boycott government meetings and another prosecution is dropped.
Education, Fact check, Politics
Do one in five Scots children leave primary school ‘functionally illiterate’?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Ruth Davidson’s claim that one-fifth of primary school leavers in Scotland is functionally illiterate.
Fact check
Does the ‘rape clause’ only require victims to tick a box to receive exemption?
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim from Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson about the controversial ‘rape clause’.
Fact check
Is the SNP planning to “cut back” bus pass eligibility?
Ferret Fact Service (FFS) looks at whether the SNP are planning to cut the eligibility for free bus passes in Scotland.
Fact check
Has the SNP overseen the biggest in-work poverty increase since devolution?
Ferret Fact Service looks at Jeremy Corbyn’s claim that the SNP has overseen the biggest increase of-work poverty.