On Monday, First Minister John Swinney pledged his government would reduce NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP ...

John Swinney rejected a call from his civil servants to admit misleading MSPs over the amount of Scotland’s electricity that ...

The First Minister said the heating systems of the future will likely involve a switch towards both heat pumps as well as ...

Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a ...

John Swinney has denied Scots could be banned from keeping cats as pets in a bid to protect wild animals. The First Minister ...

Ministers have refused to reveal the names of civil servants who had access to files of James Hamilton's investigation into whether Nicola ...

But Sarwar went on to say he would not turn his back on good ideas from anyone, regardless of party – including joking that ...

SNP strategy forced them into that position because ministers included Scottish Labour policies in their draft budget - ...

John Swinney has said Parliament’s “conclusions stand” after comments from Michael Matheson emerged in which the former health secretary said the row over his iPad roaming charges had been “blown out ...

But in an interview with the Scotsman podcast The Steamie, John Swinney expressed his worries over a rise in “populism” ahead of the vote, saying he would not work with Reform in the way he has with ...

Latest poll shows pro-independence party set to remain in power as the largest party after next Holyrood elections ...

Anas Sarwar says he won’t ‘turn his back on a good idea’ when asked about an informal alliance with Nigel Farage’s party ...