Fact check, Finance, Politics
Claim Scotland needs a deficit of 3% or lower to join EU is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by Ian Murray MP that Scotland would need a deficit of three per cent or below to join the EU.
Westminster
Fact check, Housing and homelessness, Politics, Society
FFS Explains: what do the manifestos say about austerity?
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
Human rights, Society
‘An attack on human rights’: how austerity is eroding the lives of disabled people
Health, Society
‘Persisting deprivation’: inside Dundee’s drugs crisis
Society
‘There is no safety net’: Fife’s child poverty epidemic
Fact check, Politics
Election 2019: how marginal is your constituency over Brexit?
Ferret Fact Service looks the Brexit positions of the parties in seats across Scotland.
Fact check, Politics, Society
FFS explains: estimating the crowds at Scottish independence and anti-Brexit marches
Ferret Fact Service looks at crowd estimation and the claims about the sizes of recent Scottish independence and Brexit marches
Fact check, Politics
Claim about Labour MPs in Leave-voting constituencies is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a viral claim about Labour MPs not respecting the wishes of their Leave-voting constituents.