John Swinney has made Kate Forbes his deputy, drawing a line under despite tensions over her devout Christian views.
The University of Colorado Boulder announced Thursday it will appoint an interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, a decision made following the announcement of Dean Glen Krutz's resignation on April 15.
Angus Robertson, Neil Gray and Mairi McAllan would also be relying on the regional list to hold on to their job if analysis of new polling is correct
The former first minister, who herself spent only four years working in the 'real world', admitted many of today's crop go into politics for all the wrong reasons
Mr Swinney was accused of backing a return to the 'repressive values of the 1950s' after appointing gay marriage opponent Kate Forbes as his deputy to avoid a power struggle.
The re-appointment of Kate Forbes is a welcome rebuke to false culture war divisions. In reality people want politicians with integrity who stand up for their beliefs, says Tim Farron After a year on the backbenches, Kate Forbes has re-emerged as the Scottish Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary. And so too has re-emerged the []
Kate Forbes faces being 'marginalised in a Cabinet of Sturgeon loyalists', a leading political academic has claimed.
John Swinney has announced his first cabinet after being officially sworn in as first minister.
From the column: "Whatever the solution is to our nation’s demand for more energy, coal availability needs to remain part of the answer. It’s plentiful. It’s inexpensive."
On Wednesday, Edinburgh’s housing committee will consider a report that suggests the city council will be unable to fund any new affordable homes for at least the next 12 months. The city’s housing boss, Cllr Jane Meagher, lays the blame firmly at the door of the government, after it cut £200 million from Scotland’s housing budget a few months ago. In a plea to the new First Minister, John Swinney, she begged him to think about what is best for the benefit of the country. “Consider the economic...
Sustaining hope through the past few years of challenges has been very difficult, particularly here in Scotland where we’ve had a government that seemed unable or perhaps unwilling to make the connection between social justice and the economy. It is our economy that generates the funds our society needs to deliver education, jobs and the public services to improve lives for its citizens. This week I believe we have reason to be hopeful with the recent cabinet mini-reshuffle under our new First...
Anglo American has become a major target in the mining sector after BHP fired the starting gun on a buyout race earlier this year.