Humza Yousaf

The latest news and opinion on Humza Yousaf, former First Minister of Scotland, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Pollok and leader of the Scottish National Party. Humza Yousaf was formerly Cabinet Secretary for Health and Cabinet Secretary for Justice. He was a pupil at Hutchesons Grammar’ School.

First Minister John Swinney, Nicola Sturgeon MSP and Humza Yousaf MSP

AI-generated fake biographies of Sturgeon, Swinney removed from Amazon

Supporters of assisted dying celebrate after MPs voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill last week (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Assisted dying is too important to be left to politicians

Nicola Sturgeon (left) leaves the UK Covid Inquiry hearing at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre last year, after admitting to deleting WhatsApp messages.

WhatsApp removed from Scottish Government phones after Covid backlash

Scottish Labour's Sarah Boyack is standing down at the next election

Edinburgh and Lothian MSP Sarah Boyack to stand down at next election

A general view of the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh

Scottish Parliament is full of serious flaws and must be overhauled George Foulkes

First Minister John Swinney joins candidate for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election Katy Loudon during the last weekend of the campaign. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Swinney’s critics should bite their tongues and get behind him

Swinney's critics should bite their tongues and get behind him Euan McColm

First Minister John Swinney, delivering a speech at Bute House in Edinburgh in February

Swinney declares SNP 'healed' after taking helm of 'fractured' party

Stephen Flynn MP, Anas Sarwar MSP and Maree Todd MSP

The 16 seats to watch out for in the 2026 Scottish election

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Forbes reveals how she will vote on Scotland assisted dying laws

Scottish Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater with former first minister Nicola Sturgeon after signing the Bute House Agreement in 2021.

Analysis Bute House Agreement: What has been ditched one year on

Humza Yousaf under fire for meeting with wife of Turkish president

Exclusive Sex education removals quadruple in the wake of gender reform debate

Scottish Greens rule out doing a deal with Labour

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater

Patrick Harvie to stand down as co-leader of the Scottish Greens

Former first minister Humza Yousaf, former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

Why are so many MSPs resigning at the 2026 Holyrood election?

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Third SNP Cabinet minister announces resignation from politics

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

‘Boys brigade’ claims show divided SNP unready for Holyrood elections Alexander Brown

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said the message from this government was an end to constant tax rises

Kate Forbes hints at end to SNP tax rises

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon during a devolution event in Edinburgh in May

Nicola Sturgeon gives update on Holyrood future

US President Donald Trump has been accused of calling for ethnic cleansing

'Dangerous': Swinney leads scathing response to Trump’s Gaza claim

Nicola Sturgeon interview - the SNP reset that 'didn't happen' and Humza Yousaf's 'catastrophic' error

Nicola Sturgeon claims intended SNP Government reset 'didn't happen'

John Swinney

Analysis Why Swinney and the SNP should be quietly confident after Budget win

Finance Secretary Shona Robison

Senior SNP minister addresses 'leaving politics' question

Allen was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Humza Yousaf's brother-in-law to go on trial

Elon Musk and Humza Yousaf

Yousaf accuses Musk of using 2004 murder to 'inflame racial tensions'

First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes outside Bute House with the Scottish cabinet.

Have Swinney and Forbes reset the relationship with business?

The Conservatives accused SNP ministers of 'being free spending with taxpayers’ money'

SNP Government criticised after £1.7m spent on flights in five years

Scottish Green Party co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie speak to the media at the Scottish Parliament after First Minister Humza Yousaf terminated the Bute House agreement with immediate effect

Yousaf quits after sending Scottish Greens packing from Bute House

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon 'could still lead' SNP independence campaign - Curtice

John Swinney has said the Scottish Government will give 'serious consideration' to creating a standalone criminal offence of non-fatal strangulation (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

'Wiped out': Swinney gives honest assessment of SNP's election rout

Former first minister Humza Yousaf at Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Readers' Letters: Yousaf has an exaggerated sense of his own importance

Humza Yousaf announces his resignation as First Minister and SNP leader in April this year

Why ex-SNP first ministers should not consider their careers a failure Paul Wilson

Former first minister Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf to stand down as an MSP at the 2026 election

First Minister John Swinney looks on as Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the government's Budget. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The key battlegrounds for Scottish Budget negotiations

First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

SNP to prioritise the NHS in the Scottish budget, says John Swinney

An Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut in October.

Swinney, Yousaf call for Lebanon ceasefire to be extended to Gaza

Nicola Sturgeon

SNP MSP takes swipe at Nicola Sturgeon over private company earnings

Campaign to stop arms sales in Israel over the summer

Scottish Government turning 'blind eye' to arms sales in Gaza

There are still doubts in the Scottish Parliament about the SNP’s pledge to dual the A9.

The politics behind A9 delays and the 'wasted years'

The SNP committed to dualling of the A9 when they first came to power in 2007

Why I made an angry TV statement on the A9 and said 'enough is enough' Fergus Ewing

Former first minister Humza Yousaf and wife Councillor Nadia El-Nakla.

Swinney rejects calls to probe Humza Yousaf over Gaza family help

King Charles III marks 25 years of devolution at the Scottish Parliament.

King Charles III celebrates 25 years of devolution

Plumes of smoke rise from the sites of Israeli airstrikes near the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin (Picture: Kawnat Haju)

As Lebanon fighting intensifies, both sides must step back from brink Scotsman comment

Veteran MSP Fergus Ewing. Picture: John Devlin

Readers Letters: Failing SNP should listen to wise words of Fergus Ewing

Salmond and Sturgeon's No refusal has left Scotland a poorer place Euan McColm

First Minister John Swinney listens as Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes delivers her address at the SNP Annual National Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Flynn makes bold Greens declaration, opens up on SNP's 'self-inflicted wounds'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

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