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

The rise of Reform UK in Scotland has splintered the unionist vote, simplifying the electoral arithmetic for the SNP to claim ...

Writing in the Daily Record, First Minister John Swinney says the Scottish Government will make Scots' lives better.

John Swinney leads tributes after Kwik Fit founder Sir Tom Farmer dies aged 84 - Sir Tom, who founded the garage chain Kwik ...

John Swinney paid an emotional tribute to Sir Tom Farmer after the businessman's death at the age of 84. The Kwik Fit founder ...

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 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 ...

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(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.

The Scottish Labour leader accused the First Minister of wanting to ‘defraud’ the people of Scotland during a speech in ...