Announcement comes after Swinney is sworn in as seventh first minister ‘for everyone in Scotland’
Kate Forbes, the former finance secretary who stepped aside last week allowing John Swinney to stand unopposed for the Scottish National party leadership, has been appointed deputy first minister.
The announcement came after Swinney was sworn in as Scotland’s seventh first minister at the court of session on Wednesday morning, after his nomination by MSPs at Holyrood, where he pledged to be the “first minister for everyone in Scotland”.
