Fact check, Society
Claim ‘Welcome to Scotland’ slogan cost $162,972 is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a viral claim that Scotland spent £125,000 coming up with the slogan ‘Welcome to Scotland’.
Scottish Parliament
Education, Fact check, Politics
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.
Crime and justice
Snooping fears over police seizing a hundred phones a day
Police Scotland has admitted seizing more than a hundred mobile phones a day, amid mounting calls for the government to clarify the rules that protect citizens from police snooping.
Fact check, Politics
How has polling changed on Scottish independence since 2014?
Ferret Fact Service looks at polling on Scottish independence since the first referendum in 2014.
Fact check, Politics
Claim Labour voted against carers’ benefit increase is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the debate over the increase to the carer's allowance.
Fact check, Society
Fact check: Does the Scottish Government have the power to help WASPI women?
Ferret Fact Service looks at the state pension equalisation and who has the power to help the women affected.
Fact check, Politics
Claim SNP budget gives tax cut to Government ministers is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about income tax proposals in the 2019 Scottish budget from Scottish Labour.
Arms trade, Environment, Finance
Scottish Parliament to review ethics of pension investments
Holyrood's £82m pension fund is to be reviewed after campaigners questioned investments in arms, fossil fuels, tobacco and iPhone factories linked to mass suicides.
Fact check, Politics
Claim UK did not respect result of 1979 Scottish referendum is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that the UK did not honour the result of the 1979 Scottish devolution referendum.