Kate Forbes
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![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18205904.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18205904.jpg)
![Fiona Bruce speaking over Kate Forbes has drawn heavy criticism from people online](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18193991.jpg)
![Fiona Bruce speaking over Kate Forbes has drawn heavy criticism from people online](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18193991.jpg)
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![Forbes blasts Labour and Tories on immigration: policies 'actively harming' economy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18205904.jpg)
![Forbes blasts Labour and Tories on immigration: policies 'actively harming' economy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18205904.jpg)
General Election
![GMB organiser Claire Greer and deputy first minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18193472.jpg)
![GMB organiser Claire Greer and deputy first minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18193472.jpg)
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![Poll: Scottish Tories face wipeout as Labour and SNP neck-and-neck](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18187617.jpg)
![Poll: Scottish Tories face wipeout as Labour and SNP neck-and-neck](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18187617.jpg)
General Election
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![Douglas Ross is to stand as the Conservative candidate for Aberdeen North and Moray East](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12306714.jpg)
![Douglas Ross is to stand as the Conservative candidate for Aberdeen North and Moray East](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12306714.jpg)
![Forbes: Scottish Government not opposed to new North Sea oil licences](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18165932.jpg)
![Forbes: Scottish Government not opposed to new North Sea oil licences](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18165932.jpg)
![SNP has never said no to new oil and gas licenses, claims Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18161054.jpg)
![SNP has never said no to new oil and gas licenses, claims Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18161054.jpg)
General Election
![Scottish Government in 'screeching u-turn' on wood burning stove ban](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17949227.jpg)
![Scottish Government in 'screeching u-turn' on wood burning stove ban](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17949227.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18092663.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18092663.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney pictured launching his SNP leadership bid earlier this month](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18041817.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney pictured launching his SNP leadership bid earlier this month](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18041817.jpg)
![Concern has been expressed this week over the future of Ferguson Marine](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16771486.jpg)
![Concern has been expressed this week over the future of Ferguson Marine](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16771486.jpg)
![Professor Mairi Spowage](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13940681.jpg)
![Professor Mairi Spowage](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13940681.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney delivering his first major speech on the economy since he took office](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18093054.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney delivering his first major speech on the economy since he took office](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18093054.jpg)
![Ferguson Marine Ltd in Port Glasgow](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17173798.jpg)
![Ferguson Marine Ltd in Port Glasgow](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17173798.jpg)
![Kate Forbes gets responsibility for Edinburgh's festivals after culture minister axed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16515650.jpg)
![Kate Forbes gets responsibility for Edinburgh's festivals after culture minister axed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16515650.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney chairing his first Cabinet meeting last Friday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18079519.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney chairing his first Cabinet meeting last Friday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18079519.jpg)
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![Number of Scots in work falls by 38,000 over three months](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11389832.jpg)
![Number of Scots in work falls by 38,000 over three months](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11389832.jpg)
![Former MSPs Robin Harper and Rosie Kane on BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18071484.jpg)
![Former MSPs Robin Harper and Rosie Kane on BBC Scotland's The Sunday Show](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18071484.jpg)
![Kate Forbes promises to cut bureaucracy and 'get stuff done'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18070714.jpg)
![Kate Forbes promises to cut bureaucracy and 'get stuff done'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18070714.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speaking to reporters outside Bute House](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18067774.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speaking to reporters outside Bute House](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18067774.jpg)
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![The new First Minister John Swinney and new Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18067496.jpg)
![The new First Minister John Swinney and new Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18067496.jpg)
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![Patrick Harvie attacked Kate Forbes' views during First Minister's Questions on Thursday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18066913.jpg)
![Patrick Harvie attacked Kate Forbes' views during First Minister's Questions on Thursday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18066913.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes pictured in the Scottish Parliament earlier this week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18063179.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes pictured in the Scottish Parliament earlier this week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18063179.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and John Swinney meet the press on Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18059844.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and John Swinney meet the press on Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18059844.jpg)
![Swinney defends Forbes as Greens claim LGBTQ community 'frightened'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18062165.jpg)
![Swinney defends Forbes as Greens claim LGBTQ community 'frightened'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18062165.jpg)
![The Swinnney-Forbes team must now face up to some key challenges](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18061330.jpg)
![The Swinnney-Forbes team must now face up to some key challenges](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18061330.jpg)
![John Swinney sworn in as First Minister and names cabinet LIVE](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18054862.jpg)
![John Swinney sworn in as First Minister and names cabinet LIVE](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18054862.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes with the Cabinet](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18058357.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes with the Cabinet](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18058357.jpg)
![John Swinney with Nicola Sturgeon just before the latter's last First Minister's Questions in March last year](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18058490.jpg)
![John Swinney with Nicola Sturgeon just before the latter's last First Minister's Questions in March last year](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18058490.jpg)
![John Swinney and deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speak to the media outside Bute House](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18058769.jpg)
![John Swinney and deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speak to the media outside Bute House](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18058769.jpg)
!['Continuity cabinet': Little change at top as Swinney keeps Yousaf's ministers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18058514.jpg)
!['Continuity cabinet': Little change at top as Swinney keeps Yousaf's ministers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18058514.jpg)
Updated
![John Swinney makes Kate Forbes his deputy in Cabinet reshuffle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18056641.jpg)
![John Swinney makes Kate Forbes his deputy in Cabinet reshuffle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18056641.jpg)
Updated
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![Do we place too much emphasis on exams?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7858804.jpg)
![Alex Salmond announces his resignation as First Minister on September 19, 2014](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18049535.jpg)
![Alex Salmond announces his resignation as First Minister on September 19, 2014](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18049535.jpg)
![John Swinney (Jane Barlow/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17696925.jpg)
![John Swinney (Jane Barlow/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17696925.jpg)
![SNP MSP John Swinney with supporters on Thursday as he announced his bid for the SNP leadership](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18037785.jpg)
![SNP MSP John Swinney with supporters on Thursday as he announced his bid for the SNP leadership](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18037785.jpg)
![John Swinney speaking to the media in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18043633.jpg)
![John Swinney speaking to the media in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18043633.jpg)
![Cabinet secretary for net zero Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16733914.jpg)
![Cabinet secretary for net zero Mairi McAllan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16733914.jpg)
![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18035265.jpg)
![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18035265.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18030528.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18030528.jpg)
![John Swinney in the Scottish Parliament yesterday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18038946.jpg)
![John Swinney in the Scottish Parliament yesterday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18038946.jpg)
![SNP MSP John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18038994.jpg)
![SNP MSP John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18038994.jpg)
![Back channels and frank conversations: Why did Kate Forbes decide not to stand?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18036911.jpg)
![Back channels and frank conversations: Why did Kate Forbes decide not to stand?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18036911.jpg)
![SNP MSP John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18037610.jpg)
![SNP MSP John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18037610.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18030528.jpg)
![Kate Forbes and John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18030528.jpg)
![Kate Forbes speaking in Holyrood to reporters yesterday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18029386.jpg)
![Kate Forbes speaking in Holyrood to reporters yesterday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18029386.jpg)
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![Is the SNP hierarchy in a state of denial over independence?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16793942.jpg)
![Is the SNP hierarchy in a state of denial over independence?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16793942.jpg)
![Swinney and Forbes hold 'secret talks' as First Minister calls for SNP unity](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18033652.jpg)
![Swinney and Forbes hold 'secret talks' as First Minister calls for SNP unity](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18033652.jpg)
Updated
![The contest will decide the next leader of the SNP](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9210481.jpg)
![The contest will decide the next leader of the SNP](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9210481.jpg)
![From left: Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf, and Jenny Gilruth](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18020690.jpg)
![From left: Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf, and Jenny Gilruth](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18020690.jpg)
Comment
![Former finance secretary Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18029386.jpg)
![Former finance secretary Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18029386.jpg)
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