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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-22 at 17:00

🔍 FACT CHECK: Robert Jenrick claimed Labour handed £536m to foreign farmers, taking from UK farmers.

We found this claim to be Mostly False. Most of the spending was committed by prior governments. Details here 👉 https://theferret.scot/claim-labour-millions-foreign-farmers-mostly-false/

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-22 at 14:18

🔍 FACT CHECK: A claim that Labour handed £536m to foreign farmers while raising taxes on UK farmers has sparked controversy.

We looked into it and found this claim to be Mostly False. Here’s why 👇

https://theferret.scot/claim-labour-millions-foreign-farmers-mostly-false/

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-22 at 10:42

Want to help guide our next steps? We’re seeking board directors to play a key role in shaping our organisation’s direction as we enter our tenth year

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-21 at 10:00

From delays to controversies, The Ferret looked at what’s working — and what isn’t

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-20 at 15:30

Marine protected areas in Scotland and Italy are meant to safeguard biodiversity, but are they delivering?

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-20 at 12:00

Can Scotland and Italy’s marine protected areas stand up to industrial pressures and climate change? We looked at the challenges facing our seas

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-20 at 10:00

Campaigners and MSPs said the golf club’s offshore ownership exemplified the need for the government to press overseas territories for transparency measures

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-20 at 08:00

This project was carried out in partnership with IrpiMedia and supported by Journalismfund Europe.

Read the full series here: https://theferret.scot/environment/scotlands-seas-in-danger/

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-20 at 08:00

🔵 NEW: Are Scotland and Italy truly protecting their seas? The Ferret took a closer look at marine protections, challenges, and efforts to safeguard vital ecosystems.

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-19 at 16:00

The revelations prompted renewed calls from campaigners for the UK Government to force British overseas territories like the Caymans to introduce a public register of the beneficial owners behind companies incorporated there

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-19 at 12:00

"Financial transparency would guarantee that, at a time when the UK is struggling, the Treasury’s coffers are as full as possible"

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-19 at 09:00

As the club is ultimately owned and operated by a firm incorporated in the Cayman Islands, the names of its true owners are allowed to stay hidden due to secrecy provisions in the Caribbean tax haven.

But the once-secret shareholders of years past are named in leaked documents. They include Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats’ biggest donor ahead of the last general election, top footballers and senior bankers.

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-19 at 09:00

The 660-acre private Loch Lomond Golf Club hosted the Scottish Open and boasts a Georgian mansion, a spa within a historic walled garden, and dramatic lochside views to Ben Lomond.

But the club is open only to members who can join on a strict invite-only policy, and the entry fees – estimated at well over £100,000 today – mean the luxury is open only to a wealthy few.

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-19 at 09:00

🔴 NEW: Top political donors, a Labour lord and Scottish football hero Ally McCoist have been among secret owners of a tax haven firm behind an elite Scottish golf club.

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-18 at 10:00

Critics warned that though many of the petitions posed as “local issues” they were in fact being used to garner support for CitizenGO’s wider agenda

https://theferret.scot/global-anti-woke-petition-campaigns-glasgow-statues/

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-17 at 15:30

Global ‘anti-woke’ petition site campaigns to keep Glasgow statues and Stornoway’s Tesco closed on Sundays

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-17 at 12:00

Liz Thomson, Scotland advocacy manager for Amnesty UK, said that it was time to “lift the veil on groups who seek to divide and conquer, and remind people that democracy itself is at risk, as well as the wonderful diverse space that Scotland is”

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-16 at 10:00

Across the UK, farmers are protesting tax changes they say threaten their livelihoods. But questions are being raised about groups using these protests to push conspiracies and misinformation

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-15 at 15:00

Farmers across the UK are protesting inheritance tax reforms. But concerns are mounting over groups using the protests to amplify conspiracy theories about the climate and more

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Written by The Ferret on 2025-01-15 at 12:00

Are conspiracy groups trying to hijack farmers’ protests?

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