Instead, the SNP's first budget since throwing the Greens out of government is to be approved with the support of at least ...

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

Writing in his regular Record column, the Scottish Labour leader says John Swinney's years at the heart of the SNP Government ...

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

The First Minister said he was determined to end the ‘vicious circle’ of high waiting times and delayed discharge.

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

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

First Minister John Swinney had pledged his government will ... workforce shortfalls and A&E waiting times. The party's deputy leader Jackie Baillie told BBC Scotland News the speech included ...

Mr Mundell, the Conservative MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, meanwhile pointed out to the Commons the US president’s strong links to Scotland, with his mother having been born on the ...

Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie hit out at the First Minister after the speech, saying: “John Swinney talks about the pressure on Scotland’s NHS like he’s just noticed it ...