Labour’s Anas Sarwar once seemed certain to be Scotland’s next first minister but SNP leader John Swinney may yet hang on ...

It’s just over nine months since the SNP-Green power-sharing deal collapsed. Exactly nine months since he became First Minister heading a minority government in a hostile parliament. Seven months ...

John Swinney as First Minister has shown a ... We could perhaps see the shape of things in the Commons yesterday, when SNP MP Dave Doogan focused on winter fuel payments, national insurance ...

Labour minister Matthew Pennycook said he would not “pick an arbitrary date” for when people will start to feel better-off.

READ MORE: Raucous FMQs erupts as John Swinney accuses Jackie Baillie of lying about NHS She said: “That’s not the case: we are not going to be changing those double-taxation conventions.” Dave Doogan ...

She said: “John Swinney was straight with the public ... and faster in our plan to kickstart economic growth.” SNP MP Dave Doogan said it was “beyond parody” that Ms Reeves would ...

It is an unusual topic for John Swinney, who is more often seen discussing issues such as the state of the NHS and proposed increases to council tax. But the First Minister has now been forced to ...

John Swinney has been accused of letting Scotland “fall behind” the rest of the UK after restating his government’s opposition to nuclear power. The First Minister was accused by Scottish ...

John Swinney has defended the £1bn cost of the new jail to replace Barlinnie and accused the Conservative leader, Russell Findlay, who criticised the cost, of “abhorrent rhetoric”. The pair clashed at ...