My pledge to the people of Scotland is that the SNP will never give in to these extremist voices – we will take on Farage, his toxic politics and his disastrous Brexit every step of the way.

John Swinney rejected a call from his civil servants to admit misleading MSPs over the amount of Scotland’s electricity that ...

The first minister says the health service will deliver an extra 150,000 appointments and procedures.

But in an interview with the Scotsman podcast The Steamie, John Swinney expressed his worries over a rise in “populism” ahead ...

The First Minister is expected to make the announcement during a meeting with healthcare officials later on Monday.

John Swinney has been forced to defend his government's record on health, after he set out of a fresh plan for the NHS this ...

JOHN Swinney was tonight accused of deploying “granny bouncers” at the door of every A&E to turn away OAPs deemed not sick ...

John Swinney is quizzed on his plans for the NHS by opposition party leaders Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay wants to know when a long promised NHS app and new treatment centres will ...

Writing in his regular Record column, the Scottish Labour leader says John Swinney's years at the heart of the SNP Government ...

First Minister John Swinney had pledged his government will bring down NHS waiting lists and make it easier to get GP appointments. The SNP leader announced measures he said would put the health ...

The First Minister said councils had been privately "welcoming" their budget funding from the Scottish Government and this ...

Whose side is John Swinney on? The question is prompted by the sight of the First Minister sticking by his health secretary Neil Gray. Gray had to apologise last week after it was discovered ...