6 h. ago Housing Minister Mairi McAllan 'not even considering' future SNP leadership bid

Mairi McAllan told The Scotsman she is ‘front of that queue in the John Swinney fan club’

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7 h. ago John Swinney promises SNP will do "everything in our power" to protect kids from epidemic of youth suicide

The First Minister has made the pledge as he backs the Record's Save Young Lives campaign, which was set up in response to a mental health crisis among kids.

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7 h. ago John Swinney’s backing for Daily Record’s Save Young Lives campaign is a game changer

The First Minister has promised to do "all in his power" to help the Save Young Lives campaign, which we launched earlier this month.

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28 h. ago SNP Government can NOW afford a council tax freeze thanks to Rachel Reeves’ budget

THE SNP Government can now afford a council tax freeze thanks to Rachel Reeves’ budget, it emerged yesterday. The Chancellor’s block grant increase could be used by John Swinney to announce tax cuts after Christmas — with around £307million freed up for next year. It means Labour’s latest hike to Scottish Government funding — now...

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45 h. ago John Swinney sets deadline on Scotland grooming gangs inquiry final decision

John Swinney has revealed when he will confirm whether Scotland will hold a public inquiry into grooming gangs

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45 h. ago John Swinney urged to rule out replicating 'punitive' landlord tax hike in Scotland

It comes after a tax increase was announced as part of the UK Budget

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46 h. ago John Swinney to make decision on Scottish grooming gangs probe by Christmas

The First Minister met police chiefs earlier this week to hear about the scale of the problem.

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48 h. ago John Swinney told extra Budget cash should be spent on offering free school meals to more Scots pupils

EXCLUSIVE: Ross Greer said the benefits of providing free school meals to more pupils were "unquestionable."

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49 h. ago Rachel Reeves tells SNP to forget second referendum on independence and focus on bringing down NHS waiting lists

John Swinney has argued his party would have a mandate to stage an IndyRef2 if it wins a majority of MSPs at next May's election.

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66 h. ago FM pledges more cash for tackling poverty after Reeves scraps two

First Minister John Swinney said money freed up by the Chancellor’s announcement would be used to help in the fight against child poverty.

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67 h. ago John Swinney urged to use extra Budget cash on reducing child poverty levels in Scotland

Campaigners have called on the First Minister to “come good” on previous commitments to use the money earmarked for mitigating the two-child cap on tackling child poverty.

Economics

4 d. ago Glasgow grooming gang victim to meet with John Swinney amid calls for inquiry

EXCLUSIVE: John Swinney will meet 'Taylor' after praising her courage in talking about the abuse she faced.

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4 d. ago It was my late mother’s birthday – and I spent it exactly as she would have wanted | Zoe Williams

I worried about nuclear war throughout my childhood, partly because it was the 80s, and partly because we were always demonstrating against it. On this important day, I knew where I needed to be ...It would have been my late mother’s birthday last Monday, and because I am either astronomically stupid or fathomlessly wise, I elected to spend it at a public meeting about nuclear disarmament. I’d call it a blast from the past, except I feel superstitious about introducing explode-y words too near the nuclear topic.I spent my entire childhood worrying about nuclear war, partly because it was the 80s, and everyone did, and partly because we spent our lives demonstrating against it. We had “Protest and Survive” stickers everywhere, in droll parody of the public information booklet “Protect and Survive”, along with “Nuclear Power? No Thanks”. We were also early adopters of climate change anxiety, while fiercely against the closure of coalmines. If you’re wondering where we expected to get ...

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8 d. ago John Swinney says 'lessons must be learnt' after Covid inquiry finds failures cost lives

The findings are contained in the latest inquiry report by Baroness Hallett into the devastating pandemic that began in 2020 and led to a series of lockdowns.

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8 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney 'sidelined' SNP Cabinet in closing schools during covid

School closures were among the most controversial decisions during the pandemic.

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9 d. ago John Swinney backs Steve Clarke for knighthood after Scotland World Cup qualification

The First Minister said it would “be a lovely idea” for the Scotland manager to be honoured for taking the men’s football team to next year’s World Cup.

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9 d. ago John Swinney backs calls for Steve Clarke to receive knighthood after leading Scotland to World Cup

The First Minister told an audience in London he would consider calls for a bank holiday to mark Scotland's return to the world's biggest sporting event.

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1 week ago Swinney warns Starmer and Reeves of ‘risks’ if Budget fails to end austerity

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said the ending of austerity was what people are ‘desperately seeking’.

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1 week ago How John Swinney is wasting even more taxpayers' money on gender wars with For Women Scotland

The sorry saga over gender is a reminder that the SNP government’s priorities are all wrong

Economics

1 week ago Why 'lucky' John Swinney may yet become the SNP’s weakest link

John Swinney has been at the heart of SNP decision-making for years and cannot escape the blame for the party’s many mistakes

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