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UK Government
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FFS explains: How well is Scotland doing on reducing climate emissions?
Scotland’s approach to tackling climate change has come under criticism in recent years.
Claim Scottish abortion law bans praying silently in your own home is False
So-called ‘buffer zones’ around abortion clinics in Scotland came into force legally in September, with the aim of …
Explained: Scotland’s carbon storage
Ferret Fact Service looks at the ways carbon storage can be done through natural processes, and how successfully we have protected them.
Fact check: Scottish drug deaths claims
As the latest figures on drug-related deaths in Scotland are released, Ferret Fact Service looks at a series of claims on the issue.
FFS explains: Do refugees increase crime in the UK?
Ferret Fact Service looks at whether there's a link betwen migration to the UK and crime.
Claim 27 per cent of pensioners are millionaires is Mostly True
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about the number of millionaires who are millionaires in the UK.
Claim the UK Government is ‘downgrading’ issue of migrants that are ‘breaking the law’ is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about the UK Government's language on migration.
Claim SNP has power to scrap two-child cap in Scotland is Half True
The new Labour government is under pressure to scrap the controversial ‘two-child cap’.
Fact check: SNP manifesto
Ferret Fact Service looks at five claims from the SNP manifesto.
