UK Government

Fact check, Politics, Society

No, you don’t need bring ID or a polling card to vote in Scotland

Ferret Journalists on December 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Ferret Fact Service looks at incorrect information about what you need to bring in order to vote in the general election 2019.

Fact check, Housing and homelessness, Politics, Society

FFS Explains: what do the manifestos say about austerity?

Ferret Journalists on December 11, 2019December 12, 2019

Ferret Fact Service looks at what the Scottish party manifestos say about austerity before the general election.

Education, Employment, Society

‘Tired of just surviving’: how care leavers are fighting back against austerity

Karin Goodwin on November 28, 2019November 29, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost UK look at how care leavers in Scotland are fighting back against the impact of government austerity policy.

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Human rights, Society

‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people

Karin Goodwin on November 27, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of government austerity policy on the lives of disabled people in Scotland.

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Health, Society

‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis

Billy Briggs on November 26, 2019November 28, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate how Dundee's drug death crisis is being driven by government austerity policy.

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Society

‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic

Billy Briggs on November 25, 2019November 26, 2019

The Ferret and HuffPost investigate the impact of UK government austerity on child poverty in Fife.

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Arms trade, International

Arms firms selling weaponry to Turkey awarded £15m of tax payers’ money

Billy Briggs on October 23, 2019October 26, 2019

The Scottish Government has handed nearly £15 million to arms firms with factories in Scotland who sell weaponry to Turkey.

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Environment, Politics

Scottish airports could lose 220,000 passengers if Heathrow expands

Billy Briggs on August 5, 2019August 5, 2019

Newly uncovered forecasts reveal Heathrow's expansion could lead to a decrease of more than 220,000 passengers in Scottish airports.

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Arms trade, International

Court rules UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia unlawful

Billy Briggs on June 20, 2019June 21, 2019

The UK government broke the law by selling arms to Saudi Arabia, the Court of Appeal says in a landmark ruling.

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Warning that kelp dredging trials could trigger ‘environmental destruction’

Written by Rob Edwards

Arms firms executives could face investigation for complicity in war crimes

Written by Billy Briggs

No, you don’t need bring ID or a polling card to vote in Scotland

Written by Ferret Journalists

Fact check: misleading political party leaflets in Scotland

Written by Ferret Journalists