SNP leadership: Joanna Cherry warns against 'stitch up' over successor to Humza Yousaf

Kate Forbes - who narrowly lost to Mr Yousaf ... Humza, who should be thanked for his service, will remain FM until we have a new leader there is no need for an unseemly rush by the (old) boys club to ... Read More

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Humza Yousaf says Scottish election could be called if he loses no-confidence vote, as he urges MSPs to reconsider 'I'm the luckiest man in the world': Humza Yousaf to take over from Nicola Sturgeon ... Read More

Kate Forbes confirms she is considering running for SNP leadership after Humza Yousaf resignation

The former finance secretary said she has ‘a groundswell of support’ in the party Kate Forbes is the most popular candidate to succeed Humza Yousaf among the Scottish public, a new poll has found, as ... Read More

Why ‘Humza the Brief’ resigned

The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, subscribe here and never miss this daily briefing. As Humza ... Yousaf as a unity candidate, former finance secretary ... Read More

Humza Yousaf is still being buffeted by events

The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, subscribe here and never miss this daily briefing. First minister Humza Yousaf has declared a “new ... today, Green ... Read More

SNP leader election: Yousaf surprised by Forbes attack

Scottish health secretary and SNP leader hopeful Humza Yousaf was "surprised" by the criticism he received from fellow candidate Kate Forbes ... our membership.” The new leader of the SNP ... Read More

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Humza Yousaf is the First Minister of Scotland and the leader of the SNP ... He took 48 per cent of the vote in the first round and 52 per cent after the second round. Yousaf has been an MSP ... Read More

Kate Forbes

IT comes after Nicola Sturgeon announced in February that she would resign after more than eight years in the job. ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 679215 Registered office: 1 London ... Read More

SNP activist backs out of leadership race and gives full support to John Swinney

Former deputy first minister John Swinney is the likely candidate to take the top job (Jane Barlow/PA) SNP activist Graeme McCormick has ended his bid to become the next leader of the party and ... Read More

Yousaf celebrates 90 years of SNP with ‘confident’ election message

As a party, we have consistently exceeded expectations, broken new ground, worked hard and built trust Humza Yousaf, SNP leader Mr Yousaf ... Mr Yousaf told the PA news agency: “I’m very ... Read More

Yousaf celebrates 90 years of SNP with ‘confident’ election message

And unlike many other quality news outlets ... consistently exceeded expectations, broken new ground, worked hard and built trust Humza Yousaf, SNP leader Mr Yousaf, who shares a birthday with ... Read More