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 ...

John Swinney is expected to address the Scottish parliament on Wednesday to coincide with the publication of his first Programme for Government. Ahead of his speech, Mr Swinney said the ...

The Scottish Conservatives will table a debate on the roll-out of free school meals to all primary school pupils John Swinney could this week face a parliamentary backlash after abandoning a ...

John Swinney has said that his leadership of the SNP will focus on "earning the right to be heard by delivering on the public's priorities". Speaking at the SNP conference for the first time as ...

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 ...

John Swinney has promised to make the SNP an “election winning organisation” again, vowing the lead his party to victory at the Holyrood vote in 2026. He made the commitment in the wake of wha ...

As the blame games ramp up between Scotland’s two governments over funding, John Swinney is under pressure to restore hope and optimism for the SNP in his first programme for government.

John Swinney has told his party to ‘redouble’ its push for independence despite its general election rout for failing to fix broken public services. The First Minister admitted the SNP ...

John Swinney has denied the financial crisis facing his government is the fault of the SNP. John Swinney has insisted Labour’s claims they didn’t know the state of the finances until they ...

The day after the party lost 39 seats and half a million votes, John Swinney admitted a period of "soul-searching" would be needed. The first minister has been speaking to party members around the ...

John Swinney was adamant his four priorities would be central to his first programme for government - but what the FM left out of his prospectus throws that into doubt. There is little to get ...

John Swinney was last night accused of being in denial over ‘SNP austerity’ as Scotland faces £600million of cuts. The First Minister tried to blame Westminster for his administration ...