First Minister John Swinney offers his thoughts on Labour’s first 12 months in power at Westminster – and where Keir Starmer ...

But it’s clear that whether it’s Labour or Tories in power, the welfare state is not in safe hands at Westminster. The Big ...

KEEPING families out of poverty and giving every child a good start in life, no matter the circumstances they’re born into ...

The prime minister and John Swinney both have ambitions to reform health services, but there are many difficult challenges to ...

John Swinney says Scotland’s public services must work together to tackle poverty and improve lives through ‘whole family support’.

The Scottish Labour leader has accused John Swinney of facing a “crisis in leadership”.

The housing secretary wants to ‘step up’ action as she admits plummeting house building figures are taking Scotland in the “wrong direction”.

The First Minister was speaking after Sir Keir Starmer’s UK Government was forced into a last-minute climbdown.

John Swinney became Scotland's First Minister in May 2024. He replaced Humza Yousaf, who resigned after ending the Bute House Agreement with the Scottish Greens. Before this, Swinney had stepped down ...

The First Minister said he could 'reconsider' the SNP's longstanding policy against directly funding munitions amid the ...

First Minister John Swinney has accused the UK government of taking an "absolutely appalling" approach to welfare reform. MPs ...