John Swinney also set his party the immediate task of "wining a majority of seats in the Scottish Parliament" in next May's ...

Mr Swinney told the SNP conference that “becoming First Minister is such a privilege”, adding that it is “the ultimate ...

SNP leader John Swinney is at the podium, and is now delivering a speech at the party conference in Aberdeen. You can follow ...

Their annual conference in Aberdeen hammered home a fresh strategy of making the election all about the SNP’s ultimate push ...

John Swinney ramped up his party's core message as he closed the SNP conference this afternoon, telling his audience: "Now is the time for Scotland to become independent". In an impassioned speech he ...

Party leaders have been delivering speeches at conferences across the UK in recent weeks - today it's the turn of Scottish ...

IF the normal rules of politics applied in Scotland, the SNP would be sure-fire losers at next year’s Holyrood election. Public services are on their knees. Polling shows a majority of Scots take ...

Nationalist supporters cheered and gave standing ovations as John Swinney suggests independence is on the horizon ...

JOHN Swinney has a “secret plan” that will be deployed if the UK Government refuses to negotiate a second independence referendum.

PLAID Cymru’s deputy leader has said she wants to emulate the “healthy debate” of the 2014 Scottish independence campaign in Wales as ...

John Swinney pledged to roll out a nationwide network of “walk-in GP services” as he vowed to end the “8am rush” for a ...