John Swinney: “Changing the local connection rule would not in any way, shape, or form address the issue that Malcolm Offord has put to…”

We will undertake radical and widespread public service reform, putting the individual at the heart of the changes we make.

We promised to extend it first to Glasgow and to the west of Scotland – we will keep that promise.

I think the whole of the summer has demonstrated that Glasgow is a city which has much to be proud of.

It was an epitome of a modern city in a modern Scotland, and I pay tribute to the people of Glasgow for the success of the Commonwealth Games in the summer.