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Nuclear bomb programme struggled with staff shortages, says MoD report

Staff shortages have prevented an official watchdog from completing all “essential tasks” to ensure the safety of the UK nuclear weapons programme, according to a previously confidential Ministry of Defence report.

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Tories and LibDems given £658,000 by firms linked to tax havens

Joe Lo on December 1, 2019December 2, 2019

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds to help fight the general election from companies with links to offshore tax havens.

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Ministry of Defence under fire for hiding reports on nuclear safety problems

Rob Edwards on November 29, 2019December 1, 2019

The UK government’s nuclear safety watchdog has criticised the Ministry of Defence for hiding efforts to ensure the safety of Britain’s nuclear bomb programme under a cloak of secrecy.

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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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‘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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Education, Health

Nearly all Scottish universities fail to record student suicides

Michael Conway on November 24, 2019November 25, 2019

All but one of Scotland’s 15 universities fail to keep a record of student suicides, prompting criticism and calls for change.

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Tory party accused of misrepresentation on fact checking

Billy Briggs on November 22, 2019November 29, 2019

A formal complaint has been sent to the Conservative Party over its rebranding of an official Twitter account as an independent fact checking service.

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1km emergency zone around cracked reactors will do, says nuclear firm

Rob Edwards on November 22, 2019November 24, 2019

EDF Energy under fire for advising that the emergency zone to protect people around cracked nuclear reactors at Hunterston could be shrunk to a kilometre.

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Nuclear bomb programme struggled with staff shortages, says MoD report