Midlothian Council will implement the inflation-busting hike despite the First Minister pleading for rises to be limited.

MSPs will vote on the final stage of Holyrood's spending plans for the year ahead with the NHS set to be handed record ...

John Swinney has been challenged to “do the right thing” and scrap the “gender ideology” pursued by the Scottish Government – with Conservatives claiming the policy is “causing so much ...

John Swinney will attend a ceremony on Monday at Scotland’s National War Memorial in Edinburgh to honour those who have died ...

Scotland’s mainstream must unite in the fight against climate change in the face of an “ever-stronger pushback” from the ...

Swinney pledges extra £25m for Grangemouth and calls for matched funding - The First Minister said the Labour Government must ...

The Scottish Secretary said the First Minister was "tough on nurses, soft on millionaires" during his speech at the Scottish ...

Public bodies have been ‘left in limbo’ after John Swinney and his Health Secretary refused to give clarity on how they should manage single-sex spaces. The First Minister yesterday failed to ...

For Women Scotland have accused the First Minister of trying to ‘ride two horses’ over his position on sex and gender self-ID ...

NHS managers must balance the needs of trans staff with the need for single-sex spaces, the first minister has said.

First Minister John Swinney has renewed the Scottish Government commitments to tackle net zero ambitions after a year of ...