18 h. ago Why John Swinney branded the Tories a 'disgusting organisation' in highly

The row between John Swinney and Douglas Ross erupted over the £19,000 increase government ministers received last month.

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18 h. ago John Swinney to vote against Assisted Dying being legalised in Scotland after 'agonising' over decision

MSPs will be given a free vote on the controversial legislation next week.

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18 h. ago John Swinney reveals how he will vote on assisted dying next week in 'incredibly difficult' decision

John Swinney has indicated how he will vote on the assisted dying legislation coming before the Scottish Parliament next week

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19 h. ago John Swinney accused of 'pathetic con' over major SNP pledge on GP appointments

A pledge on GP appointments, which was a major commitment in John Swinney’s Programme for Government, has been attacked at First Minister’s Questions

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21 h. ago Stephen Flynn denies SNP leadership bid as he praises John Swinney as 'best politician in Scotland'

Flynn is standing for Holyrood next year and is expected to quit Westminster soon after.

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25 h. ago Readers' Letters: Make Scotland better in name of those who died for VE Day

John Swinney’s Programme for Government failed to impress correspondents

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28 h. ago Scottish independence rears its head again as John Swinney talks up IndyRef2 prospects

John Swinney is hoping the rise of Reform will push more Scots towards supporting the end of the Union.

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33 h. ago ‘No winners’ from further military escalation in Kashmir, warns Swinney

First Minister John Swinney said growing tensions in the region would be ‘worrying’ for Indian and Pakistani communities in Scotland.

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41 h. ago John Swinney has left Scottish independence alone for 12 months

First Minister John Swinney has pulled the trigger on putting the campaign for Scottish independence back on the agenda of Scottish politics.

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41 h. ago Five more years of Swinney would be ‘catastrophic’ for Scotland, Findlay warns

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay hit out at both the Scottish First Minister John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in a speech.

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41 h. ago John Swinney says he does not feel 'scared' for his job because of Stephen Flynn

The First Minister said that the SNP Westminster leader is "one of our team" who "will make a great contribution to the Scottish Parliament."

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42 h. ago John Swinney slammed by green groups for offering 'too little, too slowly' on climate change

The First Minister launched his Programme for Government on Tuesday, including a pledge to scrap peak rail fares.

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43 h. ago John Swinney trying to make Holyrood election about 'bogeyman' Nigel Farage

Anas Sarwar used a speech to tell Scots they faced a "stark choice" between Labour and the SNP at next year's Holyrood election.

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45 h. ago John Swinney says Labour has let Scotland down since the general election

The First Minister said he had "felt more positive when Keir Starmer took office."

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46 h. ago John Swinney seeks to ‘bring people together’ following gender rights debate

The First Minister accepted that a “tremendous amount of difficulty and hurt” had been caused to “all sides”.

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46 h. ago John Swinney refuses to mark NHS Scotland out of 10 but admits 'access' to care is an issue

The First Minister faced questions from the public when he joined Kaye Adams on her regular BBC Scotland radio show.

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48 h. ago John Swinney defends Nicola Sturgeon's trans comments as 'fair and justifiable'

Nicola Sturgeon says the Supreme Court verdict risks making life for trans people ‘unliveable’.

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49 h. ago Motherwell and Wishaw’s MSP backs her party’s programme for government for next 12 months

The SNP’s Clare Adamson was speaking following First Minister John Swinney’s announcement that promised Scots would benefit from 100,000 more GP appointments and would also see peak-time rail fares scrapped “for good”.

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63 h. ago The 15 key policies in John Swinney's Programme for Government: ScotRail alcohol ban, independence, NHS

Take a look at what the SNP has promised in its Programme for Government.

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64 h. ago Swinney accused of ‘treading water’ over Government plans for the next year

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney insisted his programme for government is a ‘programme for a better Scotland’.

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