There are 2,300 nursing vacancies, but there is no point turning out nursing graduates if they are not given these jobs ...

First Minister John Swinney will pledge to “stand united with Scotland’s farmers” in the wake of tax changes proposed by the ...

Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a ...

John Swinney admitted at a summit of health chiefs ... s government in 2021 and unveiled his own blueprint. In a keynote speech, he admitted there were “crises” in parts of the NHS and ...

“The SNP have failed our health service for far too long and nothing in John Swinney’s speech this week will sort the emergency facing NHS Lanarkshire.” Labour’s Monica Lennon ...

SNP leader John Swinney has said he is “comfortable” with the party’s vetting procedures after reports that Nicola Sturgeon and a ...

In a speech at Edinburgh’s National Robotarium ... a point echoed by other opposition politicians when she said: “John Swinney talks about the pressure on Scotland's NHS like he's just ...

John Swinney is quizzed on his plans for the NHS ... question as a jumping-off point for a largely unrelated speech about Brexit. The thing is, the Scottish government signed a memorandum of ...

SNP leader John Swinney has said he is “comfortable ... and I’m comfortable with all of those decisions,” he said after a speech at the NFU Scotland conference in Glasgow.