Douglas County Treasurer John Ewing Jr. defeated incumbent Jean Stothert in the general election to become the next mayor of Omaha.Ewing is the first Black mayor in the history of Omaha.

The UK government is scaling back planned welfare reforms in a bid to fight off a backbench rebellion.

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

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.

First Minister John Swinney has said it would be “reasonable” for a former principal of the cash-strapped University of ...

Anas Sarwar has branded John Swinney "captain of the Titanic" as he blasted Scotland's "failing" NHS. The Scottish Labour leader said the NHS is "fighting for survival" under the First Minister's ...

The first minister seems keen to avoid undermining the UK's positions on defence.

Scotland’s First Minister has apologised to Gypsy Travellers for the “unfair and unjust policies” that caused them “trauma” ...

Swinney apology to Gypsy Travellers ‘significant milestone’, campaigner says - Roseanna McPhee welcomed the First Minister’s ...

The Scottish Government has officially apologised to Gypsy Travellers for the “trauma” of the “Tinker Experiment”. First Minister John Swinney says the decades-long social experiment to “settle” Gypsy ...

The first minister has said sorry to Gypsy Travellers who were forcibly resettled by Scottish authorities.