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FACT CHECK

A number of claims made by senior Tories at the party's conference have been found to be false

Senior Tories called out by fact checkers after false claims at conference

We fact-checked Penny Mordaunt's claims

FACT CHECK Is Scotland full of Victorian disease and rats like Penny Mordaunt says?

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The National fact checks Douglas Ross's decriminalisation claims

FACT CHECK Douglas Ross says drug decriminalisation is 'ridiculous' – he is wrong

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Douglas Ross has faced fierce criticism from the British Medical Association (BMA) after his comments

FACT CHECK Have English junior doctors ‘politicised their pay' to oppose the Tory government?

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We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim

FACT CHECK Claim that more North Sea oil will 'drive down energy prices'

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Orkney is looking to explore alternative forms of governance for the islands

FACT CHECK Is Orkney really looking for independence from the UK and Scotland?

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Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government brought in the Scottish Child Payment to tackle poverty

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Has Nicola Sturgeon 'absolutely' failed Scotland's children?

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The claim in The Guardian was that 'on any standard ... Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'

FACT CHECK: Claim 'Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'

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The famous Bealach na Ba road on the Applecross peninsula

COMMUNITY FOCUS How one community-owned Scots energy project brings wider benefits to its area

Independence is a necessity if all of Scotland's people are to benefit from our renewable energy wealth

COMMENT Why only independence can offer Scotland an energy-secure future

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A nuclear power station in Belgium, one of the countries which did not sign a letter urging the European Commission to classify nuclear as green energy

NUCLEAR CONVERSATION Should nuclear be part of Scotland's energy future? Experts argue their case

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Orbital's 2MW O2 tidal turbine is anchored at the Fall of Warness, off Eday in Orkney

SPECIAL REPORT Scotland has 'lion's share' of world's tidal energy potential – and chance to use it

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COMMENT It's time to end the long and damaging legacy of energy control by Westminster

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Scotland's energy secretary Michael Matheson has argued communities should have the right to benefit from local windfarms

INTERVIEW Independence would give communities 'legal right' to benefit from wind farms

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Issue targeted campaign on renewables is missing from the independence debate

'It's Scotland's energy': What would a renewables campaign look like today?

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Nicola Sturgeon checks out an onshore wind farm

COMMENT Jonathon Shafi: How the SNP lack clear vision for Scotland's renewables future

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Scotland needs independence to make money from its renewable energy sources

COMMENT Is history repeating?: What went wrong with ScotWind

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Aberdeen is set to be transformed by its net zero plans

EXCLUSIVE Can Aberdeen really become the net zero capital of the world?

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Scotland has the potential to be energy-rich in renewables after ditching oil and gas

Can Scotland still be energy rich after ditching oil and gas?

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Scotland is replete with renewable energy but Westminster is holding us back

COMMENT Scotland can be an energy powerhouse but not within the Union

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The UK Government's decision to give the go-ahead for the UK's first new deep coal mine for 30 years in Cumbria has sparked opposition

EXCLUSIVE UK Government energy policy undermines net zero goals, campaigners warn

Scotland has the potential to mine critical minerals essential for a clean energy future, according to experts

EXCLUSIVE Why mining for critical minerals could be the key to Scotland's energy independence

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In 1978 few people got to know about what went on at Westminster; only the highlights as selected by the Unionist media

Letters House of Commons exchanges about oil in 1978 reveal Labour’s hypocrisy

Robert McKinlay pictured in Glasgow. Photo by Colin Mearns

THE HUMAN COST ‘I don’t know if I'll ever be able to pay off my energy bills'

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How many oil and gas fields have successfully reached production in the North Sea?

INTERACTIVE The North Sea oil and gas fields brought into production since 1975

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Scotland's remote and rural communities often rely on electricity for energy

Scotland's rural communities face energy bills double the UK average

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File photograph of a North Sea oil rig

LIST The oil firms who've made barrel-loads off Scotland's black gold

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Transmission fees are payments paid to the National Grid by electricity generators in order to use the large and expensive transmission network

Explainer What are transmission fees and why is Scotland charged so much?

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We have fact checked a recent report which suggested independence could cost Scotland more than 250,000 jobs

FACT CHECK: Would Scottish independence really cost us 250,000 jobs?

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Professor Tom Devine spoke to The National about the enduring legacy of the McCrone Report

EXCLUSIVE 'Conspiracy' to hide extent of oil wealth from Scotland's people, Tom Devine says

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Norway set up its sovereign wealth fund in 1990 with the first money deposited six years later

What is the Norwegian oil fund and how does it work?

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Scotland's oil wealth greased the wheels of Margaret Thatcher's devastating transformation of Britain

EXPLAINED How Scotland's oil funded Thatcher's devastating transformation of Britain

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Two offshore platforms in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland

EXCLUSIVE How the McCrone Report influenced the creation of the Scotland Act

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Activists have been on the streets since the 1970s knowing Scotland was robbed

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS What it was like watching Westminster get rich from Scotland’s oil

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope the Brexiteers in his Tory Party will back his new deal

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS Wee Ginger Dug: Energy bills to RISE as Tories prove they have other priorities

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The McCrone report argued that the economic case for independence was transformed due to the level of oil in the North Sea

MCCRONE REPORT The truth behind the McCrone Report and Scotland's oil

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Scotland's 'could have' list grows longer by the day

COMMENT What would Scotland look like if Scots saw the McCrone report?

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Whitelee windfarm is the largest on shore windfarm in the UK

The science behind why Scotland is so energy rich

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Winnie Ewing was re-elected in 1974 as SNP won one-third of Scottish seats

Professor Tom Devine: This is the reason the McCrone Report is so significant

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The National’s new series will take an in-depth look at how the country has been held back by damaging Westminster policies - and future solutions

What to expect this week as we dig into Scotland's past and future energy wealth

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Common Weal's book intelligently provides a bridge between head and heart for both undecided voters and activists.

Review Independence handbook imagines the first 10 years of Scotland after a Yes vote

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We fact-checked Oliver Dowden's claims

FACT CHECK Does new Tory strike legislation really bring us into line with Europe?

We Fact Check Robert Jenrick's claim about Scotland's share of asylum seekers

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Is Scotland taking in its fair share of asylum seekers?

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Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been accused of sharing misleading figures over trade

Michael Gove caught out sharing 'misleading' claim over post-Brexit trade deals

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Rishi Sunak has been caught in a dodgy stat attack on Scotland over crime rates

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Rishi Sunak claims Scottish crime on the rise

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We've fact-cheacked economist Sir John Kay's claims about Scottish independence

fact check FACT CHECK: Claim independent Scotland is destined for a currency 'fiasco'

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Tourists outside Buckingham Palace. File photo.

FACT CHECK: Does the monarchy really pay its way?

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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been hit with fines for breaking the law

Were Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak issued with SIX fines for partygate?

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Would Babcock International retreat from Rosyth?

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Babcock's CEO's claim on Scottish independence affecting business

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Former Labour minister Jack Straw claimed that the SNP government in Scotland takes 'more money from English taxpayers than English taxpayers get for themselves'

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Jack Straw's claim Scotland 'takes money' from English taxpayers

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Guido Fawkes tried to fact check an SNP claim about the prevalence of Covid-19 in England and Scotland - and just embarrassed itself

the jouker Right-wing blog's SNP 'fact check' gets fact checked - and the result is embarrassing

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The Tories claim they have delivered the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe

FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Have Tories really delivered best vaccine rollout and economy in G7?

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SNP president Michael Russell wants to see Scotland take the first steps to being a wellbeing nation

ONE-MILLION PAPERS Michael Russell: Scotland can team up with friends to be wellbeing nation

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We have the chance to press reset, to choose a fresh, better and more ambitious approach to how we manage Scotland’s economy and society

ONE-MILLION SPECIAL This poll reveals what Scots think on 17 wellbeing issues