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Humza Yousaf is currently the Scottish health secretary and one of the SNP’s most senior and high-profile ministers. The 37-year-old’s decision to run in the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon came after “careful…

SNP depute leader Keith Brown and rising star Mairi McAllan have announced they will not run for Scotland’s top job. It comes as senior members of the party announced who they will be backing, after Humza Yousaf…

Health secretary Humza Yousaf and former minister Ash Regan have announced they will stand to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader. Other potential candidates yet to announce include finance secretary Kate…

Humza Yousaf says he is giving “serious consideration” to an SNP leadership bid following the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon. The health secretary said he would make his intention to run for First Minister known…

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said his party is “ready for government”, in a rallying cry to activists. Speaking on the first day of his party’s conference in Edinburgh, Sarwar made a direct plea to…

Nicola Sturgeon led the Scottish independence movement “up a cul-de-sac” before resigning as First Minister, according to predecessor Alex Salmond. The former SNP leader – now head of the pro-independence Alba…

Former US President Donald Trump dubbed Nicola Sturgeon “everything wrong with identity politics” as he reacted to the news that she was resigning as First Minister. Trump criticised the Scottish Government’s…

Calls for the SNP’s special conference to be postponed have been made by senior members of the party, following Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation. The party are currently due to meet on March 19 to discuss the next…

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced her unexpected resignation after more than eight years in the job.At a hastily arranged news conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday morning, UK time, Ms Sturgeon said she would step down…

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said Wednesday that she plans to step down after more than eight years in office, amid criticism of her drive to expand transgender rights and her strategy for achieving independence from the United…