The SNP will overhaul Scotland’s childcare system to provide afterschool and childminder provision from nine months to 12 ...

SNP leader John Swinney delivers his keynote speech to party delegates at their campaign conference in Edinburgh.

John Swinney has vowed to spend £500million a year to extend year-round childcare provision to every family in Scotland with young kids. The First Minister announced the policy at SNP conference at ...

First Minister is again focusing on independence without detail on claimed benefits and no route to second referendum Another SNP conference, another new push for independence. As Scottish ...

Scotland’s leading trade unionist will tell SNP conference that the Scottish Government’s industrial strategy amounts to nothing more than a ‘glorified prospectus for the finance sector’ The SNP has ...

The first minister spoke at the SNP conference in Edinburgh The first minister has pledged to spend more than £500m on boosting childcare provision if the SNP is re-elected in May. John Swinney said ...

JOHN SWINNEY has used the SNP conference to pledge a £500 million childcare boost, cash deposits for first-time home buyers, and claim powers “engaged in illegal conflicts” would be banned from an ...

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This is more pie in the sky fantasy, admittedly from a party that has enjoyed electoral success by promising the earth and then providing thin gruel. With the big black hole that experts predict by ...