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Swinney opens door to ‘voluntary’ food price cap scheme

The SNP proposed capping the prices of up to 50 items regarded as essential.

Evening Standard

Swinney criticises Starmer’s ‘vacuum of leadership’ amid Mandelson row

The Prime Minister has been under pressure after it emerged the peer failed vetting before being appointed US ambassador.

Evening Standard

Swinney skipping TV debate to avoid it being ‘group of blokes talking politics’

The First Minister has decided not to appear with all the other Scottish party leaders on Question Time this week.

Evening Standard

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Cole-Hamilton having time of his life as Lib Dems seek best-ever Holyrood result

The Scottish Lib Dems believe they can win 10 constituency seats in May and return an MSP in all eight of the regions.

The Independent UK

Starmer ‘fighting for his career’ amid ‘chaos’ at Westminster, John Swinney says

The SNP leader and Scottish First Minister is campaigning in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Swinney denies ‘running scared’ of defending record as he skips TV debate

The First Minister said he will be replaced on Question Time this week by Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan.

Evening Standard

Food price cap Bill will be passed this year, Swinney pledges

The First Minister was speaking at the STUC Congress in Dundee on Tuesday.

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I am not afraid to take on vested interests, Swinney to say

The SNP has proposed to cap the prices on essential items.

Evening Standard

Swinney ‘politely’ declined Trump’s invitation to White House banquet. Here’s why

The banquet is being held as part of the King and Queen’s forthcoming state visit to the US

The Independent UK

Swinney ‘politely’ turns down Trump invitation to White House banquet

The banquet is being held as part of the King and Queen’s forthcoming state visit to the US.

Evening Standard

UK Government ‘asleep at the wheel’ over Mandelson, says Swinney

John Swinney accused the UK Government of being distracted by the Mandelson scandal, rather than helping people with the cost of living.

Evening Standard

Reform urges Sarwar to back Offord as first minister

A recent poll suggested a possible unionist majority in Holyrood.

Evening Standard

Starmer should resign for ‘shameful role’ in appointment of Mandelson – Flynn

The SNP Westminster leader is calling on Scots to vote SNP at the Holyrood elections to ‘sack Keir Starmer’.

The Independent UK

Swinney says he will win independence vote in 2028 and run for election in 2031

The SNP leader believes Scotland could be independent by the end of 2030 – and wants to run in the 2031 elections to be the country’s leader.

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Unionist parties could take majority in tight Holyrood poll, survey suggests

The research found more than half of constituencies have at least two parties within five points of each other.

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Sir Keir Starmer to address House of Commons on latest Mandelson revelations as he fights for survival

The Foreign Office has been blamed for clearing the peer in January 2025 to begin as US ambassador

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer must quit over Lord Mandelson row, says John Swinney

The Scottish First Minister accused the PM of a ‘staggering level of incompetence’ after the PM blamed an official for overruling security vetting.

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Swinney ‘satisfied’ with Scottish Government action after landmark gender ruling

The First Minister responded to claims from former SNP MP Joanna Cherry that he is ‘too afraid’ to stand up to his party on women’s rights.

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Scottish Greens promise misogyny Bill to tackle ‘national emergency’

Gillian Mackay said her party would recognise misogyny as a specific offence in Scots law.

The Independent UK

Swinney to launch SNP election campaign bus with trip from Dundee to Aberdeen

The SNP leader has pledged to cap bus fares at £2 across Scotland.

Evening Standard

I will not back Swinney as FM but could support his budgets, says Lib Dem leader

Alex Cole-Hamilton unveiled his party’s manifesto on Friday.

Evening Standard

Swinney ‘not interested’ in fight with UK Government over plan to cap food costs

The SNP set out the proposal on Thursday, but a UK Government source has suggested the policy could cost millions in legal fees.

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch calls Farage an ‘opportunist’ after he urges Scottish nationalists to back Reform

Tory leader criticises Farage for saying that holding another independence vote ‘probably quite reasonable’

Evening Standard

Scottish Parliament ‘paying lip service’ to oil and gas industry – Kemi Badenoch

The Conservative leader made her comments while on a visit to Scotland.

The Guardian - UK

SNP pledges to cap bread and milk prices if it wins Scotland’s parliamentary elections

John Swinney unveils his party’s manifesto, saying cost of living is the ‘defining issue’ for voters on 7 May

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