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

Polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice says Nicola Sturgeon could be ‘valuable’ to the SNP’s future independence movement.

Scotland’s First Minister has said he feared his party could have been “wiped out” at the general election in July. The SNP ...

Scotland’s First Minister has said he feared his party could have been “wiped out” at the general election in July.

By the time Scots go to the polls in 17 months, the SNP will have been in charge of the country for 19 years, with John ...

JOHN Swinney said he has not been asked to speak to cops probing the SNP’s finances – after we revealed Alex Salmond was brought in by detectives to help with the investigation. We told how ...

First Minister John Swinney took over the SNP leadership earlier this year (Jane Barlow/PA) The Holyrood election in 2026 will be about hope, the First Minister has said, as he pledged that the ...

Voting against the SNP Government’s Budget will be an ... First Minister John Swinney disagreed, believing Labour could back the proposals. These include a scaled-back winter fuel payment ...

John Swinney will lead the SNP into its fifth term in office, with support for the party boosted by last week’s budget according to a new poll. The Norstat survey for the Sunday Times has Labour ...

The First Minister said he is "getting the party’s finances strengthened" for the election in less than 18 months' time.