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John Swinney reappointed as Deputy First Minister Published: Part of: DFM to drive cross-government Covid recovery. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has appointed John Swinney as Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recover y, as she begins the appointment of a new Scottish Government. Mr Swinney, who has served as Deputy First Minister since 2014, will take responsibility for driving cross government action on Covid Recovery. The role will see Mr Swinney ...

© PA Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up John Swinney has been moved on from his role as education secretary but will remain as deputy first minister as part of Nicola Sturgeon’s post-election Cabinet reshuffle. Mr Swinney, who has served as deputy to the first minister since 2014, will take responsibility for driving cross-government action on the coronavirus pandemic in a newly created post as cabinet secretary ...

Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement as she begins to reshuffle her Cabinet following the election. Swinney, who has served as Deputy First Minister since 2014 and as Education Secretary since 2016, will take responsibility for driving cross-government action on recovery from the pandemic. The role will see him mobilise the Scottish Government and wider public, private and third sectors to help the country get back onto its feet after the crisis. He will chair a cross-party steering grou...

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland. Scotland’s Chief Statistician today released the main findings of the 2019/20 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS). The volume of crime in Scotland, including incidents not reported to the police, has fallen by 46% since 2008/09. Most adults did not experience crime in 2019/20. The proportion of adults experiencing crime has decreased from one-in-five to one-in-eight between 2008/09 and 2019/20. The extent and prevalence of crime in Scotland...

Scotland launches digital strategy Updated strategy aims to equip Scotland for technological transformation post-coronavirus and focuses on building an ethical digital nation Share this item with your network: By Published: 11 Mar 2021 11:18 The Scottish government has published a new digital strategy, aiming to “forge” the country’s future in a digital world. The updated strategy aims to put inclusion at its heart, and focuses on developing Scotland as an ethical digital nation that...

MINISTERS have failed to comply with a two-year-old auditor general call for transparency over its financial support for struggling companies such as shipbuilders Ferguson Marine and newly insolvent renewables manufacturer BiFab. Two years ago, Audit Scotland said that the Scottish Government should develop a framework that clearly outlines its role in financial interventions in private companies to support its decision making. It came after the Auditor General said there was limited pu...

‘2020 has been the most testing time I’ve experienced as a leader’: Scottish Government perm sec Leslie Evans looks back at a ‘volatile’ and ‘complex’ year 2020 was a year unlike any other, with the coronavirus pandemic upending the work of government and changing how we live our daily lives. Senior figures from across the civil service tell us how the unprecedented 12 months affected them, and look ahead to 2021 What are you proudest of your department or agency achieving in 2020...