Douglas Ross asks John Swinney four times if he will keep pledge on teacher numbers

John Swinney was accused of utilising the \"same old excuses\" when asked a question four times about whether he will live up to a SNP promise of adding 3,500 extra teachers.

He warned the country faced a \"very significant financial pressures in Scotland in our public finances.\"

The new First Minister faced his first FMQs since replacing Humza Yousaf and described how the last two weeks was a \"traumatic\" time for the party.

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