On Monday, First Minister John Swinney pledged his government would reduce NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP ...

Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission said there has been a lack of leadership and no clear plan for meeting the target.

There is a need to be “realistic” about what is achievable in cutting Scotland’s car use, the Transport Secretary has said, ...

First Minister John Swinney insisted the target could still be met and recognised it "requires changes in behaviour from members of the public". Audit Scotland says in order to achieve the car ...

The First Minister is likely to take questions on a report which has found that targets to reduce car use by 2030 are likely to be missed. John Swinney will face First Minister’s Questions after a ...

John Swinney has warned local authorities raising council tax by 10 per cent is "too high". The First Minister said councils had been privately "welcoming" their budget funding from the Scottish ...

Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a conciliatory, decent man whose defining, lasting legacy with his party and his ...

First Minister’s claim about rise of green sources of power ‘reeks of SNP secrecy and cover-up’, say Tories John Swinney claimed that Scotland’s electricity consumption that came from ...

John Swinney has warned local authorities raising council tax by 10 per cent is "too high". The First Minister said councils had been privately "welcoming" their budget funding from the Scottish ...

But in an interview with the Scotsman podcast The Steamie, John Swinney expressed his worries over a rise in “populism” ahead of the vote, saying he would not work with Reform in the way he ...