Environment, Fact check
Claim Scotland’s climate targets are toughest in the world is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by the SNP on the new climate change bill and its targets on emissions.
SNP
Fact check, Politics
FFS Explains: the changing benefits system in the UK and Scotland
Ferret Fact Service looks at Westminster welfare reforms and changes to Holyrood’s benefits system.
Arms trade, Nuclear weapons
Glasgow City Council slammed for sponsoring arms fair
Glasgow City Council is sponsoring an arms fair described as a 'carnival of militarism' by critics.
Employment, Fact check, Politics
Claim youth unemployment lower in Scotland than UK is True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim youth unemployment is lower in Scotland than the UK.
Crime and justice, Fact check
Claim that all murders in Scotland since 2013 have been solved is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at the claim that Police Scotland have solved all murders since 2013.
Fact check, Politics
Ferret Fact Service: a year of fact-checking by the numbers
Ferret Fact Service is one-year-old! Take a look at some of the numbers behind our fact-checking since April 2017.
Politics
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.”
Fact check, Politics
Claim that military earning over just £24,000 will pay more tax in Scotland is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by Scottish Conservative MP Douglas Ross on the impact of income tax on those in the military in Scotland.
Fact check, Politics
Fact check: The SNP in Scotland vs Labour in Wales
Ferret Fact Service looks at a graphic which makes claims about the Scottish and Welsh governments.