John Swinney has proven to the legacy leftist wing of his party that centrist competence wins; he needs to push them further, and further, ...

Mr Swinney insists that the SNP is "back on the front foot, and intend to stay there". That will not be straightforward, ...

John Swinney has pledged to eradicate child poverty in the coming year. Who remembers in 2015 when Nicola Sturgeon pledged to close the ...

John Swinney met with representatives from the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation – a charity set up in honour of Doddie Weir, a ...

Scotland needs a “MacMusk” to cut the huge amount of SNP “waste and incompetence” in the country’s bloated public sector, the ...

Earlier, Mr Swinney announced money earned from a framed, signed copy of the picture of Loch Faskally on his personal ...

Mr Swinney is now attempting to rally support for his Government’s Budget, which is due to face a final vote in late February ...

JOHN Swinney has blasted the idea of “foreign interference” in UK elections after billionaire tech magnate Elon Musk met Nigel Farage for talks on funding Reform UK. The First Minister also ruled ...

Mr Swinney said: “The Scottish Government is committed to making Scotland the best place in the world to grow up. So, it was important to me that this year’s Christmas card reflected that pledge.

Mr Swinney said he could promise a "mixture of different things" which would hopefully make a difference to users of the road. Options for a bypass at Crocketford are being examined [Stuart Walker ...

With a no confidence motion looming at the Scottish Parliament, Mr Yousaf announced he would quit. He had not confirmed his ...

But then came Humza Yousaf's self-inflicted downfall, which thrust Mr Swinney back into government. He was back on the campaign trail as his party suffered one of the worst electoral reverses in ...