John Swinney has insisted the summit he has called for this month to seek to counter the rise of populism is “above party ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. John Swinney has said he does not want to look back on his time in office and regret failing to do enough to counter the rise of Reform UK.

The First Minister said he had no plans to meet with members of the Trump Administration during his weekend in the US.