John Swinney yesterday claimed he was powerless to stop police allowing rapists to identify as women. Police Scotland sparked a row after telling MSPs that allowing people charged with or ...

A former SNP cabinet minister has called on John Swinney to quit after the party’s election drubbing. Alex Neil, who served ...

John Swinney has become the SNP’s new leader after no other candidates challenged him for the position. The lifelong SNP supporter and former deputy first minister said he was “deeply honoured ...

Environmental protesters – including John Swinney’s former teacher – have declared the Scottish First Minister must “try harder to protect the climate”. Caro Wilkinson, who taught Mr ...

In an open letter to party members, the former deputy leader of the SNP also described John Swinney's current leadership as "a busted flush", and called for the "tarnished old guard to step aside".

John Swinney has been accused of being “out of ideas and out of money” after unveiling an “underwhelming” legislative ...

The former deputy first minister John Swinney launched his leadership campaign in Edinburgh If John Swinney’s leadership launch felt a bit like history repeating itself, the SNP will hope it ...

John Swinney’s brave but foolhardy pledge to introduce a “new politics” to the bear garden that we’ve got used to in Scotland ...

John Swinney made a bid to end SNP chaos today after he was officially installed as Scottish First Minister. Mr Swinney has ...

John Swinney has been heavily criticised over his claim his government’s focus is eliminating child poverty after admitting a pledge to roll out free school meals to all primary pupils had been ...

Scottish Conservative candidate for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Andrew Bowie said: ‘John Swinney has finally let the cat out of the bag and admitted what we all knew – that the SNP has ...

New SNP leader John Swinney is to become Scotland’s next first minister after winning a vote at Holyrood. Mr Swinney won the ...