John Swinney was yesterday forced to apologise after a report laid bare the ‘shameful’ daily conditions faced by patients and medical staff in Scotland’s hospitals. During a bruising ...

“John Swinney was Alex Salmond’s finance secretary, Nicola Sturgeon’s loyal deputy and one of Humza Yousaf’s most prominent backers. His fingerprints are all over the SNP’s failures ...

The First Minister says he "greatly appreciated the lasting social, cultural and economic ties Scotland has with the United ...

JOHN Swinney dubbed himself “full-on John” and vowed to return the SNP to government in 2026 by fixing Scotland’s ailing public services. Speaking exclusively to the Scottish Sun ...

John Swinney faces a "difficult tightrope" in negotiating with Donald Trump over the next four years, experts have warned ahead of his inauguration. The incoming US President, who is sworn into ...

John Swinney has publicly split from Nicola Sturgeon by rejecting her warning not to abandon her Left-wing agenda. The First Minister insisted he would focus on “issues of concern to people in ...

John Swinney has vowed to remain First Minister until at least 2031 if the SNP wins the Holyrood election in 2026. Mr Swinney was widely regarded as the ‘caretaker’ of his party until a ...

Stuart Hogg being stripped of his MBE would be “reasonable and understandable”, John Swinney has said after the disgraced ...

Nicola Sturgeon declared last week that independence was "off the radar", a claim swiftly and unsurprisingly rejected by her former deputy and right hand man First Minister John Swinney.

John Swinney is quick to admit that eradicating child poverty will be no easy feat. But does he believe it can ever be achieved? Politicians always aim high when setting out their key priorities ...

John Swinney refused to rule out seeing his leadership as a failure if his government failed to reduce child poverty rates in Scotland. The eradication of child poverty has been described as the ...

John Swinney has apologised to patients who has a negative experience in the NHS (PA) Scotland’s First Minister has apologised to all patients who have had an “unsatisfactory experience” in ...