Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson and South Scotland MSP Emma Harper have brought the matter to Mr Swinney's ...

First Minister John Swinney has led emotional tributes to a "kind, loyal and fun-loving colleague" following the death of ...

John Swinney told Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson it is "the responsibility of individual local authorities to ...

The SNP is “back in business”, First Minister John Swinney has insisted – as he added he is “very optimistic” for next year’s ...

Scotland’s First Minister has paid tribute to “one of Parliament’s finest” in Christina McKelvie, who died last week. The alcohol and drugs policy minister was on medical leave as she received ...

UNION chiefs have written to Scotland’s First Minister calling for a lifeline service that cares for the city’s most ...

Swinney told BBC Scotland News: "We fulfilled the request of local government for a real-terms increase in their core funding ...

St Joseph's Primary School has been sprayed with offensive graffiti and there have been fires in children's play areas.

THE First Minister has visited a Scottish primary school after it was hit by “an unprecedented series of sectarian attacks” ...

Another session of first minister’s questions comes to an end – but before John Swinney had even sat down, it was clear what parties really use the occasion for. Yes, the parliamentary ...

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John Swinney faces questioning on ferries contracts after the Ferguson shipyard misses out on a key government order Tory leader Russell Findlay says the current difficulties facing the Port ...