Scottish ministers are to see their salaries rise by more than £19,000 after the government partially ended a voluntary pay ...

John Swinney has defended the £20,000 pay rise for Scottish Government ministers as "fair". The First Minister said it was a ...

Ministerial and MSP salaries are set and paid for by the Scottish Parliament. Six serving ministers including cabinet secretaries Mairi Gougeon, Shona Robison and Fiona Hyslop have announced they ...

John Swinney has handed his ministers a huge £20,000 pay rise while struggling Scots have been forced to tighten their belts.

John Swinney’s SNP ministers have been handed a £20,000 pay rise - partially lifting a freeze after 16 years. Critics have ...

During a media conference at Bute House, Mr Swinney also announces his government's legislative programme will be published ...

The Supreme Court has unanimously backed the biological definition of a woman. Women’s rights campaigners across the country ...

John Swinney has been warned a £20,000 pay rise for SNP ministers is 'unjustifiable' by GMB Scotland as local government workers consider ...

The pay for ministerial positions has risen for the first time since it was frozen by Alex Salmond 16 years ago despite Scots facing tax rises.

John Swinney has defended allowing his ministers to take a pay rise of almost £20,000 - suggesting it is a “principle of fairness”.

I think that's the right decision to take so that members of the Scottish Parliament ... annual salaries for Cabinet secretaries will be about £116,000. Junior ministers will be paid more than ...