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Leadership contest looms as First Minister resigns

Humza Yousaf has announced his resignation as First Minister and leader of the SNP ahead of two no confidence votes at Holyrood called by the Scottish Conservatives and Scottish Labour, and in the wake of his decision to end the SNP's Bute House Agreement with the Scottish Greens. Mr Yousaf said he had underestimated "the level of hurt and upset" caused by that decision, adding that for "a minority government to be able to govern effectively trust when working with the opposition is clearly fundamental". While Mr Yousaf said it was "absolutely possible" to navigate the no confidence votes, in Mr Yousaf as First Minister and in the Scottish Government, including by agreeing a deal with former SNP MSP Ash Regan, now with the Alba Party, he was "not willing to trade in my values or principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power". Alba leader Alex Salmond has claimed that the "old guard" of the SNP would not countenance such a deal. Former Deputy First Minister John Swinney and former Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, who narrowly lost out to Mr Yousaf in the party's last leadership contest, have been mooted as possible successors.

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