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 ...

Scottish Tory finance spokeswoman Liz Smith said: ‘John Swinney continues to be in denial. ‘He should be taking responsibility for the SNP’s swingeing cuts, rather than distancing himself ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

It may have been billed as First Minister John Swinney’s Programme for Government but thanks to the shocking incompetence of his administration and the dismal admission of his finance minister ...

John Swinney warned Nicola Sturgeon against using the Brexit vote to immediately demand a second independence referendum, a ...

The Scottish government will need to work "harder and smarter" to deliver in the face of Westminster "cuts", First Minister John Swinney is expected to warn. In his address to the SNP's party ...

The SNP has spent too long focusing on the “process of independence”, Scotland's first minister John Swinney has said. Mr Swinney, the SNP leader, was speaking at his party's annual conference ...

John Swinney raised concerns with Nicola Sturgeon about her push for a second independence referendum in the wake of the Brexit vote, he has revealed in a new documentary. Ms Sturgeon said a fresh ...