John Swinney has been urged to support the expansion of Heathrow Airport by one of his own MSPs. Fergus Ewing said bringing a third runway to the London airport "is the future gateway for Scottish ...

First Minister John Swinney insisted the target could still be met and recognised it "requires changes in behaviour from members of the public". Audit Scotland says in order to achieve the car ...

John Swinney ... to reduce car use, according to public spending watchdogs. Good morning and welcome to today's live coverage of First Minister's Questions at Holyrood. John Swinney will face ...

And so, for a few glorious moments I pictured John Swinney doing public meditation exercises on Broughty Ferry beach - palms akimbo - with fellow devotees of the esoteric Chinese spiritual movement.

Just as we must hold the SNP’s feet to the fire over the state of the NHS, we should welcome signs that ministers are at least trying to do the right thing John Swinney’s new focus on the NHS ...

John Swinney has admitted that the NHS is in crisis. That will be little surprise to thousands of Scots patiently waiting for operations. Over 800,000 of us are on waiting lists and it is a ...

A yellow wind warning is in place until 6am ... Speaking at an event in Edinburgh, John Swinney said: "It's a warning to us that climate change is with us and the ferocity (of it)." ...