It was revealed that at least 80,000 children in the country are living in "very deep poverty," with leading charities calling for urgent action, including an uplift to the Scottish Child Payment.

John Swinney has said he is “optimistic” for Dundee University – despite accepting that staff there are facing “enormous ...

But now John ... quizzed at a Scottish book festival in June about his literary influences. Mr Swinney will be questioned by Borders Book Festival chairman Michael Moore, former Secretary of ...

JOHN Swinney has been slammed for “squirming” after he dodged five calls to define a woman. The First Minister was asked several times to say if he believed trans women were women and insisted he ...

Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Scottish Conservative shadow finance and local government secretary Craig Hoy said: “The huge salary increase John Swinney has given SNP ministers can’t ...

EXCLUSIVE: Anas Sarwar said voters across Scotland needed "a new direction" which could only be offered by his party.

John Swinney has ... down ahead of the Scottish parliament elections in 2026. The list includes former first ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf, Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon ...

ohn Swinney ... the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Perthshire North since 2011. Swinney has held various significant positions, including Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education ...

John Swinney gave one of his most personal interviews on child poverty in an exclusive interview with The Herald . Speaking exclusively from Bute House as part of the Scotland's Forgotten Children: ...

Petroineos, which is shutting the plant this year with a loss of around 400 jobs, said the site makes a loss of £380,000 ...