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Humza Yousaf, who served as Scotland’s first minister for nearly 13 months, has resigned from his position amid ongoing political turmoil within the country. Yousaf’s leadership has been marred by the dissolution of the SNP’s coalition with the Scottish Greens, leading to two no-confidence motions from opposition parties. In a televised address, Yousaf stated his unwillingness to compromise his values and principles to retain power. The SNP has recently faced challenges, including a funding scandal and the departure of former leader Nicola Sturgeon.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has terminated its power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Greens, reportedly following tensions over climate change and gender identity issues. The Bute House Agreement, signed in 2021, brought the Greens into government for the first time in the UK. However, the Greens’ anger over the government’s reversal on a climate change target and decision to pause puberty blockers for children led them to consider a vote on the deal’s future. Before that could occur, the SNP ended the agreement, leaving it to operate as a minority administration at Holyrood.

The powersharing agreement between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scottish Greens has been terminated, forcing the SNP to govern as a minority administration. The deal, signed in 2021, had brought the Greens into power for the first time in the UK, giving the SNP a majority in the Scottish Parliament. However, tensions between the two parties escalated over the Scottish Government’s abandoning of a climate change target and the pausing of puberty blockers for young patients at Scotland’s gender services clinic.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has ended its power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens after an emergency meeting. The deal was formed in 2021 after the SNP failed to secure a majority in the Holyrood elections. The collapse of the agreement means the SNP, now led by Humza Yousaf, will govern as a minority administration, making it more difficult to pass key laws. The Bute House Agreement was reportedly terminated following an emergency Cabinet meeting on Thursday morning. According to reports, Green co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie were seen leaving Bute House before the meeting officially began. The Greens had earlier announced a vote on the future of the agreement, following the Scottish Government’s announcement to ditch a key climate change target and pause puberty blockers for new patients at the only Scottish gender identity clinic for children in Glasgow. Several high-profile SNP figures, including former leadership candidate Kate Forbes and party stalwart Fergus Ewing, had previously called for the deal to be terminated. Mr. Yousaf was the only SNP leadership candidate who supported continuing the deal, describing it as “worth its weight in gold.”

The Scottish government coalition between the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Greens has collapsed after SNP leader Humza Yousaf ended the Bute House Agreement. The decision came amid growing tensions between the two parties over climate change and transgender healthcare policies. The Greens will now vote on the future of the powersharing deal, but the SNP has already ended the agreement, which had given the SNP a majority in the Scottish Parliament and brought the Greens into government for the first time in the UK.