Transport

Scotland’s publicly owned ferry buyer is defending a decision not to reveal which shipyards are competing to build the replacement for the 36-year-old MV Lord of the Isles. Ferguson Marine, another company owned by the Scottish Government, is outside the competition. The tender makes

Scotland’s £2 bus cap is being presented as help with the cost of living, but the Government’s own documents place cheaper public transport inside a much larger programme intended to influence how people travel. That policy chain reaches beyond Scotland to the Paris climate