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First Minister John Swinney has led emotional tributes to a "kind, loyal and fun-loving colleague" following the death of ...

Is John Swinney preparing for a pre-election Cabinet reshuffle? Speculation is mounting in Holyrood that the First Minister may be looking at making changes to his top team after a number of key ...

Swinney says Findlay’s tone towards Sturgeon is “graceless”. But Findlay criticises Scotland’s “plummeting” record on education and says it is an enormous failure. He asks Swinney to ...

The First Minister has rubbished accusations the SNP has a problem with women after 14 of his female MSPs are to quit Holyrood next year. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman ...

First Minister John Swinney defends Nicola Sturgeon whom Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay says was a failure in office. The former FM announced this week that she would not be standing ...

Nigel Farage's right hand man visits Glasgow to announce new Scottish Reform councillors John Swinney is "clearly terrified" of Reform UK and has been reduced to throwing "juvenile smears" against ...

FMQs draws to a close. If you're just joining us, here are the key moments from this week's political jousting. That's all from us today. Calum Watson was the editor. Jonathan Geddes and Craig ...

John Swinney faces questioning on ferries contracts after the Ferguson shipyard misses out on a key government order Tory leader Russell Findlay says the current difficulties facing the Port ...

First Minister John Swinney has led emotional tributes to a "kind, loyal and fun-loving colleague" following the death of Scottish government minister Christina McKelvie. The drugs and alcohol ...

The drugs and alcohol minister stepped back from her role last summer after announcing she had secondary breast cancer First Minister John Swinney has led emotional tributes to a "kind, loyal and ...

John Swinney has said he is "very sorry" Nicola Sturgeon is standing down at the next Holyrood election. The first minister said his predecessor had "changed the lives of people in Scotland for the ...