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 will say he is ‘ready to put in the hard yards’ to develop a tailored migration policy for Scotland (Jeff Mitchell/PA) The SNP leader wants a special Scottish graduate visa to be ...

And so, for a few glorious moments I pictured John Swinney doing public meditation exercises on Broughty Ferry beach - palms akimbo - with fellow devotees of the esoteric Chinese spiritual movement.

Just as we must hold the SNP’s feet to the fire over the state of the NHS, we should welcome signs that ministers are at least trying to do the right thing John Swinney’s new focus on the NHS ...

John Swinney has admitted that the NHS is in crisis. That will be little surprise to thousands of Scots patiently waiting for operations. Over 800,000 of us are on waiting lists and it is a ...

A former SNP MSP has been criticised after she pulled up John Swinney over a solidarity message to Ukraine. Sandra White accused the First Minister of “taking sides” after he praised Ukrainian ...

John Swinney has pledged his personal “leadership and direction” to resuscitate the NHS as the First Minister unveils his blueprint to streamline funding for frontline services and make ...

John Swinney has said reconnecting power in Scotland following Storm Eowyn has been a “colossal” task. The First Minister also said the impact of the storm is a “warning that climate change ...

In that time First Ministers have come and gone, Cabinets have been reshuffled, coalitions have formed and collapsed – but one constant has been John Swinney. John Swinney has been at the heart ...

John Swinney has been warned that promises of "jam tomorrow" won't fix Scotland's struggling NHS for patients or staff. Unions and opposition parties spoke out ahead of a major speech by the First ...