John Swinney’s SNP ministers have been handed a £20,000 pay rise - partially lifting a freeze after 16 years. Critics have jumped on the move that will see the MSP element of ministers’ pay ...

First Minister John Swinney will kickstart the SNP’s election campaign next month - as he insisted the “time was right” to push for independence despite the threat of a recession looming ...

John Swinney has awarded ... council tax rises of up to 15.6%. Mr Swinney denied he made the decision to partially lift the pay freeze in a bid to entice SNP MPs from Westminster to Holyrood.

Today we turn to Scotland, where first minister John Swinney ... last week, Swinney pressed nationalist grievances over the UK government’s supposed Anglo-centrist policy. The SNP is calling ...

Scottish Tory shadow finance secretary Craig Hoy said: “The huge salary increase John Swinney has given SNP ministers can’t be related to their performance in office, which has been uniformly ...

John Swinney has been announced as the Daily Record's newest columnist. The SNP leader's first column will be published in Monday's paper and online the same morning. The First Minister said he was ...

John Swinney has defended a £20,000 pay rise given to SNP ministers. The First Minister told journalists on Monday the pay hike, which comes alongside significant increases in council tax ...

John Swinney has awarded his ministers a ... including council tax rises of up to 15.6%. Mr Swinney denied he made the decision to lift the pay freeze in a bid to entice SNP MPs from Westminster to ...

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The Scottish Government "accepts" the Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of a woman, John Swinney has said ... READ MORE: SNP minister claims her £19,000 pay rise won't cost the taxpayer ...

SNP leader John Swinney has insisted approving a £20,000 pay rise for ministers' MSP salaries while hiking taxes is about "fairness". It emerged at the weekend that Mr Swinney had decided to ...