The first minister is looking towards independence but must balance government business with calls for a second referendum.

While speaking to journalists on Monday, Mr Swinney said the change in policy from the UK government would increase ...

First Minister accused of raising the prospect of job losses through political choice rather than financial necessity ...

Scotland is being given "poison pills" and policy scraps from the UK table instead of flourishing on its own two feet, John ...

But should they be concentrating on longer-term objectives - and what Scotland could look like in 2050? A conference in Edinburgh invited leaders to think beyond the short-termism of the five-year ...

The First Minister was told in a letter from the firm's president and chief executive in August that it was “reconsidering” ...

Record View says new figures on ambulances being stuck on hospital forecourts are a further cause for concern.

Fifteen years ago, you might remember, the Commission on the Future Delivery of Public Services in Scotland, chaired by Dr Campbell Christie, was tasked by Mr Swinney with examining the long-term ...

John Swinney has declared that pensioners in Scotland will not be short changed by the SNP's winter fuel payment system. Earlier this month the Labour UK government said it was reinstating a winter ...

Some Nationalists have questioned their leader's future after the party suffered a shattering loss at the recent Hamilton ...

SNP ministers have been urged to launch a "housing revolution" to end the rise in homelessness in recent years.

John Swinney has said Scots who voted for Reform in a by-election last week were “angry”, not racist. The First Minister was ...