12 h. ago Kneecap slam John Swinney during Glasgow gig after being axed by TRNSMT

Kneecap has bashed John Swinney during their Glasgow O2 Academy gig where police and sniffer dogs scoured their dressing room.

Politics

22 h. ago Foreign Office set to shrink by up to 25%, says top mandarin

The department, which employs around 17,000 people, faces real-terms cuts in its budget over the coming years following last month’s spending review.

Politics

48 h. ago John Swinney branded 'analogue politician' by Wes Streeting in NHS app row

It comes as England is expanding its NHS app before Scotland has even managed to get its version off the ground.

Politics

49 h. ago John Swinney branded an 'analogue politician' by UK Labour's Wes Streeting in 'second

UK ministers have hit out at Scotland’s “second-rate” NHS app as it promises a “supercharged” version south of the border.

Politics

50 h. ago John Swinney branded an 'analogue politician' by UK Labour minister in 'second

UK ministers have hit out at Scotland’s “second-rate” NHS app as it promises a “supercharged” version south of the border.

Politics

54 h. ago John Swinney challenged to fix Scots NHS and schools with £5.8bn cash boost from Rachel Reeves

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Reeves' recent Spening Review will hand SNP ministers billions more in funding by the end of the decade.

Economics

7 d. ago John Swinney urged not to drop Scotland's ban on cash for weapons in face of Russia threat

The First Minister said he could 'reconsider' the SNP's longstanding policy against directly funding munitions amid the threat from Putin.

Events

8 d. ago John Swinney raised 'concerns' with Donald Trump's son over vandalism attack at Turnberry

Official correspondence reveals new details of the sit-down meeting between Eric Trump and the First Minister at Bute House earlier this year.

Politics

8 d. ago Readers Letters: Scotland needs a strong and forceful leader

John Swinney is a little too nice to deliver independence, says a reader

Politics

9 d. ago Benefit cuts show welfare state is not safe in Labour Government hands

In his Daily Record column, First Minister John Swinney lays into the UK Government's plans for welfare cuts.

Politics

1 week ago John Swinney in funding threat to councils over flagship education policy

EXCLUSIVE: An exasperated First Minister has written to COSLA and accused councils of stalling on a deal to cut class contact time for teachers.

Events

1 week ago Dundee University: John Swinney joins calls for disgraced former boss to hand back £150k pay

Professor Iain Gillespie was accused of ‘creating a mess and walking into the sunset’, leaving Dundee University with a £35m black hole and hundreds job losses.

Economics

1 week ago Anas Sarwar brands John Swinney 'captain of the Titanic' as he blasts 'failing' NHS

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the NHS is "fighting for survival" under the First Minister's watch.

Events

1 week ago Keir Starmer admits government has ‘asked a lot’ of business, and defends employment rights bill – business live

PM tells BCC conference businesses have made a ‘huge difference’, following the tax rises in the last budgetFull story: Shell has ‘no intention’ of making offer to buy BP after £60bn takeover rumoursStarmer then tells the BCC conference that the spending review earlier this month is a “clear shift” towards investing in the future of the UK, not simply tackling the promises it inherited.Starmer says his administration have “wiped the slate clean”, stabilized the economy, and can now move onto building a fairer Britain, with change and renewal.‘I fully acknowledge that this year, as we’ve had to fix the foundations of our country, [and] deal with the unprecedented mess that we inherited, we’ve asked a lot of you.I understand that, and I want to acknowledge that.They are all vital for the long-term growth of our country. But none of that would have been possible without your contribution. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Ministers considering alcohol advertising restrictions in line with junk food

Wes Streeting is set to announce radical reforms for the NHS in England after the recent spending review allocated £29 billion to the health service

Politics

1 week ago SNP Government to cut jobs to help fill £2.6bn black hole as rivals blast 'gross mismanagement'

John Swinney's will try to reduce the public sector headcount.

Politics

1 week ago Swinney says sorry to Gypsy Travellers for ‘trauma’ of the ‘tinker experiment’

Scottish First Minister John Swinney made clear the policies, pursued between 1940 and 1980, were ‘wrong’.

Events

1 week ago 'We are sorry': John Swinney officially apologises to Gypsy Travellers for 'Tinker Experiment'

The Scottish Government admits the decades-long social ‘Tinker Experiment’ “should not have happened”.

Politics

1 week ago ‘She killed three husbands with this teapot’: Prue Leith, John Swinney and more pick their favourite museum

From a stray meteorite to an immersive coal pit, via the chance to sit on a ‘feeding chair’, famous fans tell us how they fell in love with the UK’s Museum of the Year finalistsIt’s rare to hear someone getting this excited over a teapot. But as Terry Deary tells me, with exactly the kind of relish you’d expect from the author of Horrible Histories, this particular drinks vessel belonged to the Victorian-era mass murderer Mary Ann Cotton. Believed to have killed 12 of her children, not to mention three husbands, she was finally caught after poisoning her stepson in 1872 with an arsenic-laced brew. “And in Beamish they’ve got the teapot!” says Deary. “I was blown away to hold it!”He’s talking about Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, an open-air site based in County Durham (just like Cotton herself, who was eventually hanged in Durham Gaol). Featuring an 1820s tavern, a 1900s pit village and colliery, a 1940s farm and a 1950s town – all populated by costumed staff – it’s somethi...

Events

1 week ago ‘She killed three husbands with this teapot’: Prue Leith, Huw Stephens and more pick their favourite museum

From a stray meteorite to an immersive coal pit, via the chance to sit on a ‘feeding chair’, famous fans tell us how they fell in love with the UK’s Museum of the Year finalistsIt’s rare to hear someone getting this excited over a teapot. But as Terry Deary tells me, with exactly the kind of relish you’d expect from the author of Horrible Histories, this particular drinks vessel belonged to the Victorian-era mass murderer Mary Ann Cotton. Believed to have killed 12 of her children, not to mention three husbands, she was finally caught after poisoning her stepson in 1872 with an arsenic-laced brew. “And in Beamish they’ve got the teapot!” says Deary. “I was blown away to hold it!”He’s talking about Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, an open-air site based in County Durham (just like Cotton herself, who was eventually hanged in Durham Gaol). Featuring an 1820s tavern, a 1900s pit village and colliery, a 1940s farm and a 1950s town – all populated by costumed staff – it’s somethi...

Events