John Swinney has congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as president and pledged the relationship between Scotland and the US will continue to "flourish". Scotland's First Minister shared ...

Nicola Sturgeon declared last week that independence was "off the radar", a claim swiftly and unsurprisingly rejected by her former deputy and right hand man First Minister John Swinney.

John Swinney was yesterday forced to apologise after a report laid bare the ‘shameful’ daily conditions faced by patients and medical staff in Scotland’s hospitals. During a bruising ...

JOHN Swinney dubbed himself “full-on John” and vowed to return the SNP to government in 2026 by fixing Scotland’s ailing public services. Speaking exclusively to the Scottish Sun ...

John Swinney has denied a report detailing the harrowing testimonies of nursing staff shows the “deadly reality” of the NHS in Scotland. The First Minister said the survey by the Royal College ...

John Swinney has apologised to patients after a damning report revealed the impact of overcrowding in Scots hospitals. The First Minister today promised his "unrelenting focus" was on making sure ...

John Swinney is quick to admit that eradicating child poverty will be no easy feat. But does he believe it can ever be achieved? Politicians always aim high when setting out their key priorities ...

John Swinney refused to rule out seeing his leadership as a failure if his government failed to reduce child poverty rates in Scotland. The eradication of child poverty has been described as the ...

If we are able to safely get the systems up and running in this coming year, the first payments will be made in this coming year John Swinney However his speech in Stirling on Wednesday failed to ...

John Swinney has said bereaved people should be allowed to “grieve in peace” after being asked about Moira Salmond’s call for attacks on her late husband’s reputation to stop. The late politician's ...

John Swinney has denied claims the Scottish Government has delayed plans to mitigate the two-child cap on benefits by failing to ask for the right data. The First Minister yesterday insisted ...

First Minister John Swinney has dismissed a suggestion from the UK government that SNP plans to offset the two-child benefit cap are being held up by Holyrood ministers. The Scottish government ...