Scotland must have an election, says Labour with Yousaf set to quit

LABOUR today demanded an election in Scotland as First Minister Humza Yousaf’s leadership collapsed.

- Rachael Burford

The Scottish National Party leader was expected to resign today rather than risk facing a no-confidence vote and was making a statement at noon.

He had been under increasing pressure to step down since the collapse of his party’s power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens last Thursday.

Two confidence votes on Mr Yousaf’s authority had been called for this week — one in him personally and another in his government called by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.