The First Minister said he feared Sarwar could "give in" to Farage because the Scottish Labour leader wants to be FM.

In the wake of the figures, Labour urged John Swinney to “step up and set out a real plan to deal with this scandal” – ...

Swinney insists he wants to make sure there is a replacement prison that is safe and secure. We now know the replacement for ...

The First Minister has been asked to make a direct intervention as it emerged that a "national emergency" over the future of a key ...

Scotland’s first minister has been forced to knock down reports that the government is considering banning cats. John Swinney ...

First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the legal reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland. His comments follow ...

John Swinney admitted at a summit of health chiefs that he had an “electoral problem” with the state of Scotland’s NHS, it ...

JOHN Swinney asked “What is a Brazilian Butt Lift?” — while being updated on Nats’ blitz of cowboy cosmetic clinics. Sources told how the First Minister was bamboozled when “the dangers of BBLs” ...

Turning around a government that has lost its way is one of the trickiest feats in politics, all the more so if that ...

An initial estimate put the cost of a new prison in Glasgow at just £100m - but the super jail will now cost at least 10x ...

ohn Swinney is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Born on April 13, 1964, he has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Perthshire North since ...