EXCLUSIVE: The First Minister's recent set-piece events tackled a range of big issues - but independence wasn't one of them.

By some political alchemy, Scotland’s First Minister can make the most ridiculous statements seem entirely reasonable ...

Despite his good standing with voters, Swinney has to start delivering on the issues that matter most to voters, says Record ...

King Charles will host Sir Keir Starmer, Sinn Fein's deputy Michelle O'Neill and SNP leader John Swinney, reports claim.

JOHN Swinney asked “What is a Brazilian Butt Lift?” — while being updated on Nats’ blitz of cowboy cosmetic clinics. Sources told how the First Minister was bamboozled when “the dangers ...

TWELVE years ago, tumbleweed-strewn Prestwick Airport was brought into public ownership because the SNP said it was too important to be allowed to fail. Nine years on, they said the same about our ...

John Swinney admitted at a summit of health chiefs that he had an “electoral problem” with the state of Scotland’s NHS, it has been alleged. The First Minister invited leaders from a range ...

Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a conciliatory, decent man whose defining, lasting legacy with his party and his ...

First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the legal reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland. His comments follow concerns about the illegal release of four lynx in the Cairngorms last month.

John Swinney had to issue a statement over the matter after a report from independent experts branded cats as a threat to Scotland’s wildlife. It suggested the government take drastic measures ...

John Swinney was yesterday dragged into the row over whether cat ownership should be banned or restricted in Scotland. The First Minister insisted he has ‘no intention’ of following through on ...

John Swinney has been accused of having "no plan" to achieve Scottish independence after the subject was absent from a recent series of high-profile speeches by the First Minister. The SNP leader ...