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.

The SNP is “back in business”, First Minister John Swinney has insisted – as he added he is “very optimistic” for next year’s Holyrood elections. While the party had seen its support ...

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 ...

The SNP is “back in business”, First Minister John Swinney has insisted – as he added he is “very optimistic” for next year’s Holyrood elections. While the party had seen its support drop during a ...

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 ...