First Minister John Swinney has pledged to "create the conditions for every person in Scotland to thrive", ahead of the ...

Elderly Scots are to receive help with their fuel bills following cuts to winter fuel payments, John Swinney has suggested.

John Swinney was speaking to representatives from both public and private sector organisations at the Royal Society of ...

A group of survivors who gave evidence on the abuse they suffered at private schools have called on the first minister to ...

The Budget is the Scottish government’s opportunity to set out its tax and spending plans for the next financial year, which ...

After nearly two decades of SNP government, many people in Scotland feel like nothing works any more. John Swinney needs to ...

The SNP Westminster leader will not stand for the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine seat while remaining an MP.

First Minister’s admission raises questions as to ‘why his Government’s lawyers argue the opposite’ ...

John Swinney has defended his health secretary after he was chauffeured to a film premiere in a ministerial car. The First ...

The First Minister said a failure to pass spending plans before the start of the next financial year would pose "very real" ...

They may not always be easy. But that does not make them any less necessary. This then, is the approach that people should ...

It comes after his Government delayed its devolved version of the winter fuel payment after cuts by the UK Government.