First Minister John Swinney has clashed with the Conservatives over the windfall tax on oil and gas, after the UK’s largest producer announced 250 job losses. Harbour Energy, based primarily in ...

John Swinney faced questions from MSP Jackie Baillie over fears the long-term solution for the Rest and Be Thankful could drag on without progress.

A pledge on GP appointments, which was a major commitment in John Swinney’s Programme for Government, has been attacked at ...

Ahead of First Minister's Questions MSPs will observe a two-minute silence to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day ...

John Swinney is the “best politician in Scotland”, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has insisted, as he dismissed ...

John Swinney’s successful first year has been, partly, down to his opponents being in disarray.

John Swinney was flanked by scores of SNP election candidates in Edinburgh as he declared the SNP were “back” and ready to win in 2026.

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay hit out at both the Scottish First Minister John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel ...

Off-peak rail travel and 100,000 extra GP appointments. Those were the two headlines from the SNP 's latest programme for ...

The comments came as Swinney insisted he was putting a “renewed and stronger NHS” at the heart of his government’s plans for ...

FM also suggests there could be a route to a second independence referendum within the five years of the next Holyrood term.

Programme for Government LIVE: John Swinney sets out SNP Government policy plans on economy, NHS, transport ...