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Scotland's power-sharing deal collapses after SNP hold emergency meeting

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Published date25 April 2024
Publication titleDaily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England)
First Minister Humza Yousaf called time on the agreement and sacked Green co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie from their ministerial roles in a major shake-up of the Scottish Government. He told a press conference at Bute House that the deal, first agreed in 2021, had "served its purpose"

Tensions had ratcheted up between the two pro-independence parties after the SNP abandoned climate change targets last week and paused puberty blockers for new patients attending the only Scottish gender identity clinic for children in Glasgow. The Greens had been preparing to vote on the future of the Bute House Agreement, which the party were junior partners to the SNP in the Scottish Government.

The row means the SNP will now have to govern as a minority administration, making it more difficult to push through key laws. Of Scotland's 129 Holyrood seats, the SNP hold 63, the Greens have seven, the Scottish Conservatives have 31 and Labour have 22.

During a press conference at his official residence in Edinburgh, the First Minister said: "It is no longer guaranteeing a stable arrangement in Parliament, the events of recent days have made that clear, and therefore, after careful consideration, I believe that going forward it is in the best interest of the people of Scotland to pursue a different arrangement.

"That is why, following a...

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