I marked my first year in office as Scotland’s First Minister and set out my Programme for Government – the plan for what we ...

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It’s also a year since veteran SNP powerbroker John Swinney took over as first ... of almost £5bn more over two years for Scotland, means Swinney can channel extra money into those core priorities.

There has been a remarkable shift in the Scottish political narrative since John Swinney replaced Humza Yousaf as first minister Scotland's first minister John Swinney is not planning a party to ...

Swinney: Scotland will have option of independence under my leadership - Asked whether he had put independence on the back ...

NHS Scotland will deliver an extra 100,000 appointments in GP surgeries over the next year in a bid to end the 08:00 "lottery", First Minister John Swinney has pledged. The SNP leader made the ...

John Swinney refuses to mark NHS Scotland out of 10 but admits 'access' to care is an issue "Families - left with no end in sight to cruel Tory welfare policies. WASPI women – promised ...

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay said: ‘It’s truly pathetic that John Swinney is so defiantly determined not to do the right thing and apologise to the women of Scotland. ‘This is what ...

The First Minister said he would use the next 12 months to push his argument that Scots would be better off if they voted to ...

John Swinney has announced he will vote against controversial plans to legalise Assisted Dying in Scotland. The First Minister set out his views on the subject today ahead of a landmark vote on ...

(Stefan Rousseau/PA) John Swinney is the “best politician in Scotland”, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has insisted, as he dismissed speculation over his own leadership ambitions.