John Swinney inherited a ... that put opposition parties on the spot. Swinney has cleared the decks and given himself the best possible chance of holding on to power next year.
“He is holding ... this month Swinney signed up to track his mileage as part of the Doddie Aid 2025 challenge. Set up in memory of Scotland rugby legend Doddie Weir, participants sign up to ...
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 ...
Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney ... police investigations and arrests. Swinney's Government is in a holding pattern with a decided absence of ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Monday, John Swinney acknowledged that the NHS was not ... which is why Labour is holding a parliamentary debate on the NHS workforce this week. Working in health and social care has always ...
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 of the ...
John Swinney has insisted his under-fire health secretary will still be in post by the autumn. The First Minister has rebuffed calls to sack Neil Gray following a row over his use of ministerial ...
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 ...