But it’s clear that whether it’s Labour or Tories in power, the welfare state is not in safe hands at Westminster. The Big ...

The UK defence secretary, John Healey, accused SNP ministers of "student union politics" when it emerged that a specialist ...

Findlay says the FM’s words will be “no consolation to those waiting for treatment” for cancer. He criticises the health ...

First Minister John Swinney has apologised for a state-sanctioned social experiment on Scotland's Gypsy Travellers. In what ...

First Minister John Swinney says the policies of the so-called tinker experiment, in which families were forced into ...

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

Anas Sarwar has branded John Swinney "captain of the Titanic" as he blasted Scotland's "failing" NHS. The Scottish Labour ...

Labour MP Joani Reid has called on the Scottish Government to launch an inquiry into grooming gangs, warning that a culture of denial and ...

John Swinney insists his government is focused on improving cancer care after new figures show record-low treatment rates.

Roseanna McPhee welcomed the First Minister’s formal apology which she said came as a result of years of campaigning.

The UK government has confirmed it will scale back its planned welfare reforms in a bid to fight off a rebellion by backbench ...

Campaigners have said they are 'deflated' by John Swinney apology to Gypsy-Travellers after it failed to include financial compensation.