John Swinney has admitted that his SNP Government has already spent a huge UK Budget windfall on public sector pay rises as he ruled out income tax cuts. The First Minister said that the ...

Scotland’s First Minister has endorsed Kamala Harris in the US presidential election. John Swinney joked that his endorsement is not just because her opponent Donald Trump is against Scottish ...

John Swinney has urged American voters to support Kamala Harris instead of Donald Trump at next week's US presidential election. And the First Minister quipped his support for the Democratic candidate ...

John Swinney has denied Nicola Sturgeon should resign as an MSP after she was paid £25,000 to appear as an election night pundit for ITV. The former first minister raked in the massive fee for one ...

John Swinney has been told "more of the same won't cut it" after his Government was handed a £3.4 billion boost this week. The First Minister was challenged by Anas Sarwar today to "end the blame game ...

Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney, Humza Yousaf and the rest of that gang were noticeable by their absence. Clearly none of them would have been welcome, and why would they be? They had turned on ...

John Swinney has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to consign the “cruel” two child benefit cap to history in her Budget today. The SNP First Minister made a last ditch plea for the Labour Government to ...

The Chancellor must “immediately and significantly” increase funding for Scotland in the Budget, First Minister John Swinney has said. Rachel Reeves will lay out the UK Government’s tax and ...

John Swinney has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to consign the “cruel” two child benefit cap to history in her Budget today. The SNP First Minister made a last ditch plea for the Labour ...

Former Scotland secretary David Mundell claims First Minister John Swinney’s stance on nuclear power was ‘depriving’ his constituency of jobs. Published Oct 30 Scotland’s ruling party ...

SNP leader and Scottish First Minister John Swinney previously told Holyrood he is “not a fan of the nuclear industry” and added he “never will” back investment into new nuclear power plants.