Writing in his regular Record column, the Scottish Labour leader says John Swinney's years at the heart of the SNP Government ...

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 ...

Anas Sarwar had earlier referred to Mr Swinney’s self-applied nickname of “full-on John”, and it does reflect the bullish ...

John Swinney has said serving as Nicola Sturgeon’s Education Secretary changed his politics by focusing on child poverty. The First Minister said witnessing the “corrosive” effect of ...

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

As Finance Secretary, John Swinney was the architect of austerity ... Next, Nicola Sturgeon put her trusted deputy in charge of Education and tasked him with closing Scotland’s poverty-related ...

We now have a funky new moniker for Scotland’s first minister, one he has cleverly crafted himself and is using with gusto, laughing with the boys at his own small joke – Full-on John.

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.