John Swinney

First Minister John Swinney has enjoyed a poll resurgence

John Swinney is 'uniting Scots', says SNP as lead grows over Labour

Increased windfall taxes on the UK's offshore oil and gas industries would cost the sector about £13 billion over the next five years and lead to a fall in tax receipts, a trade body has warned. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

John Swinney urged to give 'full-throated support' to oil and gas

First Minister John Swinney addresses Holyrood during the first First Minister's Questions of the new year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: SNP politicians more interested in being 'celebrities'

John Swinney, seen on a visit to St John's Hospital in Livingston. (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool)

John Swinney spent the night in A&E in Scotland - this is what he saw

Donald Trump will begin his second term as US President this month

Scotsman leader: Swinney must have good relations with Trump Scotsman comment

Donald Trump at his Aberdeenshire golf resort in 2016

First Minister says he will use Trump's Scottish links in tariff talks

When Donald Trump comes to Scotland, John Swinney should hold talks with him (Picture: Chip Somodevilla)

Why John Swinney was right to take Donald Trump's phone call Stephen Gethins

John Swinney needs to show much more urgency in tackling child sexual abuse in Scotland (Picture: Michael Boyd)

We can't let Swinney take two years to act on child sexual abuse Susan Dalgety

Business rates, along with a number of other factors, have forced the closure of the Gather at Laggan restaurant, according to its owner

Edinburgh’s hotel boom collides with rural gloom

Making Britain better off will be "at the forefront of the Chancellor's mind" as she visits China, the Treasury has claimed

SNP call for Chancellor return as Government defends China visit

Stuart Hogg

John Swinney backs calls to revoke rugby star Stuart Hogg's MBE

A member of staff at University Hospital Monklands attends to a Covid-positive patient on the ICU ward in 2021 in Airdrie. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

One million NHS Scotland waiting list backlog projections branded ‘terrifying’

Dropping off and picking up passengers at Scotland’s busiest airport will cost £6, an increase of £1, from Monday (Picture: Lesley Martin)

Readers' Letters: Edinburgh Airport is fleecing customers with drop-off charges

Donald Trump arrived on the Isle of Lewis during his visit in 2008 in a private jet

SNP urged to tax 'lavish lifestyles' of the super-rich

Elon Musk, seen with Donald Trump (Picture: Brandon Bell)

Analysis Bond villain Elon Musk's influence seeps into Holyrood 'populism' war

First Minister John Swinney (left) has apologised for the case involving a retired policeman called Robert from Lanarkshire (pictured right), who had to 'lie on the floor in excruciating pain for five-and-a-half hours'

Swinney apologises to former policeman left to lie on floor in A&E

First Minister John Swinney (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Swinney wants Northern Ireland-style trigger for independence poll

The MV Lord of the Isles

The heartfelt apology from John Swinney to islanders over ferry chaos

John Swinney (left) has spoken about meeting Donald Trump

John Swinney: I will not refuse a meeting with Donald Trump

The challenges to democracy from populism, nationalism and authoritarianism are real, said Henry McLeish in Monday's Scotsman (Picture: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Democracy wasn't all it's cracked up to be

John Swinney warned there might have to be medicine rationing if the Scottish Budget was voted down by opposition parties (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why Swinney's warning about medicine rationing was actually a threat Scotsman comment

John Swinney and Anas Sarwar (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Analysis Sarwar turns tables on Swinney as SNP under pressure to deliver Budget

Scottish Budget set to pass following Labour announcement

The SNP operates as a minority government so John Swinney needs the support of MSPs from another political party to get his spending plans through Holyrood (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It's rich for Swinney to accuse others of 'playing politics'

First Minister John Swinney

Swinney warns of medicine rationing if Scottish Budget voted down

First Minister John Swinney (left) wants Keir Starmer and his UK Cabinet to bin National Insurance changes that would hurt charities (Picture: Andy Buchanan - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Starmer and Reeves must reverse decision on charities and NI

First Minister John Swinney is appealing for opposition MSPs to back the Scottish Government's draft budget

Swinney: Voting down budget risks 'feeding forces of anti-politics'

First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes outside Bute House with the Scottish cabinet.

Have Swinney and Forbes reset the relationship with business?

Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with First Minister John Swinney during the first Council of Nations and Regions, at Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh. Picture: Andy Buchanan-WPA Pool/Getty Images

Analysis How Scotland's two governments' new-found co-operation could turn sour

John Swinney has written to UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves to call for more funding

Public sector and voluntary groups join calls for NI funding

At least 1,500 Scottish babies born addicted to drugs

John Swinney, pictured getting a Covid jag in 2021, says Scots can be confident in NHS (Picture: Andrew Milligan / POOL / AFP)

Readers' Letters: How can we believe Swinney's assurances on Scottish NHS?

A maglev train in Japan

SNP ministers considered superfast 300mph Glasgow-Edinburgh trains

MPs predict a tense year

Analysis The year of 'reckoning': Why 2025 will make or break for Starmer, SNP

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar promised a new direction for Scotland

Scottish leaders' New Year messages and their promises for 2025

Sir Keir Starmer and John Swinney (Picture: Andy Buchanan/WPA pool)

Poll: SNP to reclaim most seats lost to Labour at July election

Scottish independence supporters on the march. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Exclusive Last indy strategy damaged 'credibility', Pete Wishart says

Starmer's landslide as Biden drops out and Trump survives shooting

John Swinney, Russell Findlay and Anas Sarwar

Analysis What Holyrood party leaders will have on New Year's wishlist for 2025

John Swinney and Anas Sarwar

Analysis John Swinney's simple political strategy to save the SNP in 2025

First Minister John Swinney has delivered his Christmas message. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

John Swinney's Christmas message - and his Government's No.1 priority

The recent Scottish Budget was greeted with disappointment by Scotland's hospitality industry

Readers' Letters: Scottish Government must back hospitality industry

Hampden Park

Old Firm football violence 'utterly unacceptable' says John Swinney

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon during a devolution event in Edinburgh in May

Watchdog accuses ministers of 'factual discrepancies' in Sturgeon row

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Politicians must take on Reform in battle of ideas Scotsman comment

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

SNP will focus on solutions to combat Reform, First Minister says

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn won’t decide on whether to run for Holyrood until next year

Stephen Flynn gives update on Holyrood election decision

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