John Swinney has said serving as Nicola Sturgeon’s Education Secretary changed his politics by focusing on child poverty. The First Minister said witnessing the “corrosive” effect of ...

John Swinney says his administration will not restrict pet ownership, despite Scottish Government considering measure ...

Writing in his regular Record column, the Scottish Labour leader says John Swinney's years at the heart of the SNP Government cannot be overlooked.

John Swinney ... secretary will still be in post by the autumn. The First Minister has rebuffed calls to sack Neil Gray following a row over his use of ministerial cars to attend football games ...

JOHN Swinney has been ... scandal to the terminal decline in education standards. “Scots will see right through John Swinney’s attempt at a rebrand.” Scottish Tory MSP and ex party leader ...

SNP ministers are drawing up plans to be “equipped and ready” for hostile policies from Donald Trump, First Minister John Swinney has ... came as former Scottish secretary David Mundell ...

Dr Sandesh Gulhane, the Scottish Tories’ shadow health secretary, said: “It is little wonder healthcare workers have slammed John Swinney’s latest NHS recovery plan. “The First Minister ...

Opposition use Scottish FMQs to attack ... and his NHS record John Swinney has been urged to sack his “dishonest and disgraced” health secretary for misleading MSPs over football matches ...

ohn Swinney ... the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Perthshire North since 2011. Swinney has held various significant positions, including Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education ...

As Finance Secretary ... her trusted deputy in charge of Education and tasked him with closing Scotland’s poverty-related attainment gap. Not only did John Swinney fail miserably to close ...