Humza Yousaf Resigns As Scottish First Minister And SNP Leader

Humza Yousaf has resigned as Scotland’s first minister and SNP leader after barely a year in the job.

He announced he was quitting just days before he was due to face a vote of no confidence in the Scottish Parliament.

At a hastily-arranged press conference at his official residence of Bute House in Edinburgh, an emotional Yousaf said he had “informed the SNP’s national secretary of my intention to stand down as party leader”.

Yousaf’s leadership has been in crisis since his...