Swinney to call for ‘national project of renewal’ in major speech

John Swinney to pledge 'fundamental change' for Scotland's public services

JOHN Swinney is set to pledge “fundamental change” for public services as the status quo is “no longer sufficient”.

Swinney to call for ‘national project of renewal’ in major speech

John Swinney to outline ‘national project of renewal’ in speech calling for overhaul of Scotland’s public services amid demographic and fiscal…

Every public service in Scotland is performing better than those in other parts of the UK but Reporting Scotland platform the opposition to claim the SNP cannot be trusted

Professor John Robertson OBA In the Herald today and on BBC Scotland: John Swinney will today pledge a “national project of renewal” to overhaul Scotland’s public services, warning that the status quo is no longer good enough. In what the Scottish Government has described as a “major speech”, the First Minister will tell leaders from across the NHS, education, local government, justice and the third sector that long-term reform is needed to meet…

Swinney Swings By for By-Election

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney spent time campaigning in Invergordon ahead of the Cromarty Firth by-election to the Highland Council taking place this week. Swinney, leader of the governing Scottish National Party, was in the port town to support candidate Odette MacDonald. He arrived to meet volunteers in the town’s Natal Gardens which celebrates Invergordon’s maritime history, commemorating the loss in 1915 of 421 crew and civilians ab…