Profile: Who's in John Swinney's Cabinet?
John Swinney has unveiled his first cabinet, with Kate Forbes announced as his new deputy succeeding Shona Robison in the role.
John Swinney has unveiled his first cabinet, with Kate Forbes announced as his new deputy succeeding Shona Robison in the role.
Kate Forbes's elevation from humble backbencher to deputy first minister today signals a clear intention John Swinney wants to unite his party and take his government in a very different direction from that of his predecessor Humza Yousaf.
In a key section of his speech accepting the position of First Minister yesterday, John Swinney put great emphasis on wanting to overcome the polarisation in Scottish politics.
John Swinney is today on the cusp of becoming SNP leader and Scotland's seventh First Minister following the resignation of Humza Yousaf last week.
SNP activist Graeme McCormick has come to public attention as he considers a bid to challenge former deputy first minister John Swinney for the SNP leadership.
An SNP member who called the party's independence strategy "flatulence in a trance" is facing a backlash over his bid to challenge John Swinney to become party leader.
John Swinney has argued a divisive SNP leadership contest could delay the party’s essential “rebuild” after a member little known outside the party is seeking nominations to enter the race to replace Humza Yousaf.
The remainder of the chamber would be 38 for the SNP, 24 Conservatives, 10 Greens, nine Lib Dems and eight Reform parliamentarians.
Alex Salmond will return to Holyrood next week to be quizzed on why the Scottish Government’s long-held plans to dual the A9 have not come to fruition.
John Swinney is set to become SNP leader and First Minister next week after his main potential rival Kate Forbes announced she will not be running against him.
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