John Swinney has said inheritance tax reforms introduced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget are already having a “chilling ...

Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, has attacked the recent decision by chancellor Rachel Reeves to restrict ...

SCOTLAND'S communities have fallen silent today in remembrance of those who have lost their lives in conflicts across the ...

The FM reiterates his point about Scotland delivering more growth per head than the rest of the UK. Swinney says there has ...

First Minister John Swinney has said the SNP is yet to make a decision on whether its politicians can hold seats at both the ...

The Winter Fuel Payment debacle and the fallout from the Budget have hit Anas Sarwar and Swinney has steadied the Government.

"I have changed." So declared John Swinney, the new SNP leader, when he was sworn in as Scotland's First Minister on Monday – after winning the backing of 64 MSPs, a narrow majority. Swinney ...

Our First Minister John Swinney has a long memory, and although 17 years is a long time to harbour a grudge, the scars of the ...

The First Minister laid a wreath outside Edinburgh city chambers during a ceremony involving veterans and serving personnel.

John Swinney has become Scotland's seventh first minister after securing the SNP leadership. It is his second turn leading the party and marks a remarkable turn-around 20 years after he stood down ...

John Swinney blamed Westminster for Scotland's financial problems today as he desperately tried to deflect criticism of the SNP's stewardship of the economy. The First Minister warned that the ...

SNP leader John Swinney has been sworn in as the seventh first minister of Scotland. He was confirmed in the role during a brief, formal ceremony at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Mr Swinney ...