It’s just over nine months since the SNP-Green power-sharing deal collapsed. Exactly nine months since he became First Minister heading a minority government in a hostile parliament. Seven months ...

John Swinney says his administration will not restrict pet ownership, despite Scottish Government considering measure ...

Peter MacMahon on what's changed since Nicola Sturgeon's education pledge 10 years ago and could a 'Jordanhill' model work in other ...

John Swinney is quizzed ... on the work it has done to ensure education schemes across Scotland on the Holocaust are "second to none" and asks Swinney to ensure continued funding of those schemes.

The revelations from The Herald’s exclusive poll indicate a momentous shift in Scottish politics, with many voters turning away from the ...

Economic experts say the Scottish Government must now deliver improvements to the NHS after new documents show an extra £1.5 ...

The arm’s length funding body Creative Scotland has awarded £200m in funding for 251 Scottish arts organisations over the next three years, providing a lifeline for organisations such as Dundee ...

SCOTLAND “must not be complacent” about the rise of Reform UK, a departing SNP minister has said, as he insisted the country is “not ...

It was promoted by Angus Robertson, the SNP’s external affairs secretary. Rachael Hamilton, the Scottish Tories’ deputy leader, said: “This is shameful behaviour from John Swinney and reeks ...

Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a conciliatory, decent man whose defining, lasting legacy with his party and his ...

Both Labour and the Conservatives criticised John Swinney for ‘rehashing old promises ... care during General Questions to the Health Secretary in the chamber. Her question came after ...

John Swinney has reversed Nicola Sturgeon’s errors and is making ... Michael Gove talked about taking on the vested interests in the trade unions and the education establishment when attempting to ...