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 accused a major banking group of “failing” Scottish communities amid looming bank closures. Lloyds Banking Group announced 14 Bank of Scotland branches will close across the ...

The government has been here before. Ten years ago it announced plans to build a series of specialist hospitals called National Treatment Centres that would focus on non-urgent care. Despite ...

First Minister John Swinney claimed the Tories are trying to mimic Reform in a bid to avoid losing voters to Nigel Farage’s party (Jane Barlow/PA) Scotland’s First Minister has said there is ...

John Swinney is quizzed on his plans for the NHS by opposition party leaders Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay wants to know when a long promised NHS app and new treatment centres will ...

Last year, 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 ...

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 ...