John Swinney has insisted the summit he has called for this month to seek to counter the rise of populism is “above party politics”. Instead he said he wanted to bring people from across ...

John Swinney has awarded his ministers a near £20,000 wage rise but has turned down the pay bump himself to avoid the perception he is "benefiting" from his own decisions. Scotland's first ...

First Minister John Swinney will kickstart the SNP’s election campaign next month - as he insisted the “time was right” to push for independence despite the threat of a recession looming ...