Nicola Sturgeon, John Swinney and assorted quangoteers should be made to give evidence in a public inquiry into the construction of two long-delayed and over-budget ferries, the Glen Sannox and Glen R ...

A Scots nurse who was suspended after she objected to sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has claimed she "did ...

The investigation by former Scottish Information Commissioner Kevin Dunion, approved by councillors on Thursday, into the allegations against ...

Rejections follow Trump’s declaration that 'US will take over Gaza Strip” during news conference alongside Israeli prime ...

STEPHEN Flynn has been accused of running a “boys’ brigade” in Westminster – after reportedly drawing up an all-woman "hit ...

John Swinney has blamed Liz Truss for the estimated costs of building a replacement Barlinnie prison rising to almost £1 billion. The First Minister pointed to the short-lived Tory leader as the ...

Scottish Labour has challenged John Swinney to to drop his "ideological" opposition to nuclear energy. Anas Sarwar said at FMQs today that new reactors would bring in thousands of jobs ...

A rattled John Swinney yesterday tried to defend spending £1billion on a ‘five-star prison’ as he was accused of building a ‘luxury resort’ for rapists and murderers. Amid angry scenes at ...

FIRST Minister John Swinney will pledge to “stand united with Scotland’s farmers” in the wake of tax changes proposed by the UK Government. Swinney will use a speech to the National Farmers Union ...

John Swinney has accused Anas Sarwar of “opening the door” for Nigel Farage in a “desperate” bid to become First Minister. The Scottish Labour leader has ruled out “coalitions or agreements” with ...

This, however, was the real, actual line delivered by ‘Honest John’ Swinney on being asked if the cost of the new prison to replace Barlinnie in Glasgow – once estimated at £400 million ...

An SNP MSP has urged John Swinney to "stop genuflecting to the Greens" and back a third runway for Heathrow. Fergus Ewing said the First Minister "has got to be for it or against it", rather than ...