Principal Sir Peter Mathieson said that cost-saving actions to plug a £140m budget gap will lead to a smaller staff base.

Nigel Farage is set to return to Scotland for the first time in more than half a decade when he visits later this year.

It was within this context that Swinney called this, his first press conference at Bute House since taking the top job. A wee self-congratulatory clap aside, his apparent goal: send the message that ...