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

Scottish First Minister John Swinney has told the 2025 SNP National Conference that Westminster parties engaged in a “race to ...

First Minister is again focusing on independence without detail on claimed benefits and no route to second referendum ...

Scotland's first minister has announced a network of walk-in GP services to deliver one million more appointments across the ...

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

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

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

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

But we need to improve the opportunities available to our people, communities and businesses. Scotland needs to build a stronger, more inclusive economy. Those possibilities would only be available to ...

Scottish "revulsion" with Westminster's "race to the right" will push support for independence, John Swinney will tell SNP ...

Scottish First Minister John Swinney will on Monday position independence as an escape route for Scotland from “decades of ...

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 ...