SCOTLAND'S First Minister John Swinney said there must be a UK-wide mission to raise living standards, ahead of a summit ...

First Minister John Swinney has backed calls for rap group Kneecap to ... language exploring republican themes and promoting opposition to British rule in Northern Ireland. A video from a show in ...

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NO U-TURN can change the fact the UK Government removed the winter fuel payment from pensioners, First Minister John Swinney has said. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Wednesday that his ...

JOHN Swinney has said he has “healed” the SNP, after inheriting a “fractured” party from his predecessor Humza Yousaf. The First Minister said when he took over the top job in Scottish politics just ...

John Swinney promised Scots will benefit from 100,000 more GP appointments as he announced his “programme for a better Scotland” – which will also see peak-time rail fares scrapped “for ...

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O ... It follows confirmation that the Scottish First Minister John Swinney will be at the ceremony on Saturday along with heads of state from around ...

John Swinney has said the funeral of Pope Francis was “very moving” and “uplifting” after attending the ceremony in the Vatican. The First Minister also spoke of his own experience of Christianity, ...

John Swinney has said the funeral of Pope Francis was “very moving” and “uplifting” after attending the ceremony in the Vatican. The First Minister also spoke of his own experience of ...