JOHN Swinney has awarded Nats ministers a pay rise of nearly £20,000 after lifting a salary freeze. The First Minister was also set to benefit from the increase but it is understood he turned ...

John Swinney’s SNP ministers have been handed a £20,000 pay rise - partially lifting a freeze after 16 years. Critics have jumped on the move that will see the MSP element of ministers’ pay ...

John Swinney had confirmed a pay hike for his team of SNP ministers at Holyrood. John Swinney’s SNP ministers have been handed a £20,000 pay rise - partially lifting a freeze after 16 years.

First Minister John Swinney said this is a time of great uncertainty for people (Andrew Milligan/PA) The Scottish Government will take steps to ensure Scotland is “resilient” in the face of ...

JOHN Swinney was told by aides to heap praise on Donald Trump’s business empire in secretive talks with his son Eric - despite officials saying they couldn't back up the firm’s Scottish job ...

The two-week Easter break from Holyrood will have come at a good time for First Minister John Swinney, one would imagine. This is all relative, of course. His government is progressing remarkably ...

John Swinney has refused to rule out forming another power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens after the next Holyrood election, but insisted his focus was on restoring the SNP’s ...

With wearisome predictability, John Swinney has opened the door to another coalition of chaos with the Greens. Has he forgotten about the implosion of the SNP’s partnership with Patrick Harvie ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. John Swinney has insisted the summit he has called for this month to seek to counter the rise of populism is “above party politics”.