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

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 ...

John Swinney's government has won the support of three opposition parties for its Budget. There have been times when it seemed like mission impossible for an SNP government without a majority of ...

John Swinney has been urged to sack his embattled ... last month - the former director of public prosecutions in the Republic of Ireland Claire Loftus, former Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary ...

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John Swinney says the opening of the first hydrogen-powered homes at a demonstration facility in Fife is an “exciting project” which can help tackle climate change. However, the First Minister ...

An initial estimate put the cost of a new prison in Glasgow at just £100m - but the super jail will now cost at least 10x ...

The SNP leader spoke out after four lynx were illegally released into the wild in the Highlands before being recaptured.

John Swinney says the opening of the first hydrogen-powered homes at a demonstration facility in Fife is an “exciting project” which can help tackle climate change. However, the First Minister said ...