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Trans victims of crime will still self-ID in Scotland following Home Office rule change
Transgender victims of crime will still be recorded by Police Scotland according to how they identify their gender, in contrast to new rules for English police
Claim Channel 4 is funded by taxpayers is False
Channel 4 is a publicly-owned broadcaster that was set up by the government under then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1982. It operates as a not-for-profit corporation.
FFS explains: How is the UK helping Ukrainian refugees?
Ferret Fact Service looks at what the UK Government is doing to help those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.
Scandal of low pay revealed: A third of jobs advertised at under living wage
Almost a third of Scottish jobs are being advertised online at under the real living wage, according to exclusive research by The Ferret, prompting campaigners to condemn the “scandal” of low pay across the country.
Bulb energy administrator in £1.7bn taxpayer bailout has tax haven links
The firm appointed as the special administrator of the failed energy company, Bulb, in a £1.7bn taxpayer funded bailout has links to tax havens, The Ferret can reveal.
US fertiliser firm bailed out by UK taxpayer as parent company made £684m
The UK Government has refused to reveal how much of taxpayers’ money has been given to a fertiliser firm whose US parent corporation is worth around £9bn.
MSP pension fund has shares in Russian bank
The pension fund for Scotland’s MSPs has shares in a Russian bank called Sberbank which has been sanctioned following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
EU citizens ‘riddled with anxiety’ as Home Office fails to process more than 300,000 applications
More than 300,000 people are still awaiting confirmation from the Home Office that they will be allowed to remain in the UK following Brexit - including up to 13,000 people in Scotland.
Lothian Pension Fund invests in US firm behind Grenfell cladding panels
Scotland’s second largest council pension fund has shares worth £847,000 in a firm that made the cladding panels found to be the main cause of the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people.