NEWSLETTER
In Common: How John Swinney can eradicate child poverty as First Minister
John Swinney is now Scotland’s seventh First Minister. He is also the sixth first minister to have been, at the time of his swearing in, one of the tranche of "99’ers" – the first generation of MSPs who have held unbroken service in Holyrood since the start of devolution and the recommencement of the Scottish Parliament.