A company that sold a major Highland port for an undisclosed sum to a Japanese firm received over £30m of taxpayers’ money – including £10m just a few months ahead of the sale. Global Energy – a ...

Climate pollution from the burning of rubbish in Scotland has almost doubled in five years, according to new data, with some ...

Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood.

The level of drug-related deaths in Scotland has been persistently high in recent years, with the Scottish Government facing criticism about its attempts to improve the situation. When the annual ...

Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and bad stewardship”, according to a new report. People from the island of Unst, ...

Scottish companies are roping NHS and council workers into veiled tax avoidance schemes that could see them hit with big unexpected tax bills. HMRC recently named tax avoidance schemes run by two ...

At least 15 children and young people in the care system have died from suicide or drug overdoses since 2021, including an 11-year-old.

The cost of asylum support in the UK has become a febrile issue against a backdrop of a rising number of protests outside hotels, where people seeking asylum are being accommodated by the Home Office.

The closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery in April has cast a long shadow over Scotland’s plans for a fair transition away from fossil fuels. As The Ferret reported this weekend, many of the 400 ...

Grangemouth should have been Scotland’s big opportunity to realise its ambition for a just transition – moving workers into cleaner, greener jobs. But embittered power struggles got in the way, The ...

Young people in Scotland will be empowered to identify and challenge disinformation online thanks to a brand new project from The Ferret, backed by the National Lottery Fund. Working in partnership ...