Former Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has announced he is stepping back from frontline politics and will not run for re ...

Former First Minister Humza Yousaf is to stand down as an MSP at the 2026 Holyrood election. The ex-SNP leader has been a backbencher since resigning as first minister in May. In a letter to his ...

Humza Yousaf, Scotland's former first minister, has accused X owner Elon Musk of trying to inflame racial tensions after he ...

Yousaf said that 2026 would mark 15 years of service as an MSP and that the “time will be right to for me to move on”.

Humza Yousaf was the UK's first ethnic minority leader of a devolved government [Getty Images] Former First Minister Humza Yousaf is to stand down as an MSP at the 2026 Holyrood election.

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Former first minister Humza Yousaf has announced he will not run for re-election at the 2026 Holyrood election. The ex-SNP leader confirmed his intention to stand down as an MSP in a letter to ...