The SNP leader will leave Bute House barely a year after he won a bitter leadership contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon.
Humza Yousaf has confirmed he will resign as First Minister after barely a year in the top job in Scottish politics.
The abrupt end to the powersharing deal between the Greens and the SNP left the environmentalists furious. Speaking at Bute House today, Yousaf said: "My hope was I would continue working with the Greens in a less formal arrangement as the SNP moved into a new phase of minority government. "While a route through this week's motion of no confidence was absolutely possible, I am not willing to trade my values and principles, or do deals with whoever, simply for retaining power."He beat Kate Forbes and Regan in the leadership contest, winning 52 per cent of the vote in the second round.Yousaf first became an MSP in 2011, taking up a list seat in Glasgow. He won the Glasgow Pollok constituency from ex-Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont in 2016 and held onto it in 2021.
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