In September, Swinney’s government published the latest in a series of papers on Scotland's constitution. It urged the UK ...

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

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

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

Vote for the nationalists at next May’s Scottish elections and – only if they win an overall majority, mind you – Swinney ...

Scottish independence is “not a punt”, Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan has said on the final day of the SNP conference. Ms ...

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

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

Revulsion with Westminster’s “race to the right” will push Scots towards independence, John Swinney will tell SNP members as he closes the party’s conference on Monday.

Mr Swinney has said “precedent is on my side” if his party matches the 2011 Holyrood majority that led to the 2014 vote. He ...

It’s a year since the death of Alex Salmond, the most important Scottish politician of his generation. Although Salmond’s ...

The SNP won more than half of the seats at Holyrood in 2011, an electoral triumph that paved the way for a poll on the ...