John Swinney

...would be in line to get AGBP12,155million next year, compared to the proposed allocation of AGBP11,885million in Finance Secretary John Swinney's draft budget. Mr McMahon said: "The SNP government is ripping off local councils by...

In this article: Labour and Scotland

...forward in a bid to boost the economy, it has been confirmed. Mr Gray's letter to Alistair Darling comes days after SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney made the same plea. But Mr Gray has stressed that any accelerated capital must be used...

In this article: Labour, Alistair Darling, All rights reserved, and Recession

..."The starting point will be AGBP32,025,000. " After the meeting, Mr Macdonald, who is Labour energy spokesman, said Mr Swinney's "concession" had effectively raised the baseline budget. A Scottish Government spokesman said: "This...

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...as an "east-coast party". It described the decision by Finance Secretary John Swinney to cancel the Glasgow Airport Rail Link just weeks before the by-election as "an error of judgment of considerable proportions". On the ground in Glasgow,...

In this article: Labour Party, Alex Salmond, Gordon Wilson, Glasgow, Glenrothes, Edinburgh, David Kerr, and Nationalists

...and the referendum bill for a ballot on independence. He said: "It is time that Alex Salmond and John Swinney realised we need to work together to get Scotland back to work. " Mr Swinney said the report confirmed the scale of the...

In this article: Alex Salmond, Scotland, Goods and services, Nationalist, Unemployment, and Liberal Democrat

...represents a massive cut for local government. John Swinney is giving councils in every part of Scotland a bad deal and he needs to take responsibility for the consequences of his actions." However the Scottish Government spokesman said...

In this article: Labour, All rights reserved, Nationalists, and Scotland

...skills, innovation and our industries of the future. Labour finance spokesman Andy Kerr said the only cuts had come from Mr Swinney himself, with the minister's "prints on the knife". Mr Kerr went on: "Like the latter-day Sweeney Todd, the...

In this article: Labour, Sweeney Todd, Tax, Liberal Democrat, and Jeremy Purvis

...Alex Salmond's pet projects, like the Scottish Futures Trust. "It is time that Alex Salmond and John Swinney realised we need to work together to get Scotland back to work." The move by Mr Gray was portrayed in his own party as him being...

In this article: Labour, Alex Salmond, Gordon Brown, Scotland, Nationalist, Recession, and Alistair Darling