Humza Yousaf says he’s ‘very confident’ of winning no confidence vote and he will ‘compromise’ with critics – as it happened

First minister Humza Yousaf speaking to the media during a visit to a housing development in Dundee. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

4.10pm BST

Afternoon summary

• Humza Yousaf has said he will not resign as Scottish first minister after 24 hours of intense speculation about his leadership. In a series of media interviews, he insisted he was confident of retaining his position when MSPs vote on his future next week, while also insisting that he wanted to reach an accommodation with his critics. Yousaf faces two votes next week; after the Tories yesterday said they were tabling a no confidence motion in Yousaf personally, Labour today said they were tabling one in the government as a whole. Arguably this is more serious, because Yousaf and his government would be legally obliged to resign if they lost this one, and it could force an early election. But with Alba, whose one MSP holds the swing vote in parliament, opposed to the Labour motion, it seems unlikely to pass. With some MSPs claiming he will never be able to recover the authority he needs to lead his party, the personal no confidence vote poses more of a threat and Ash Regan, the Alba MSP, has indicated that she expects substantial concessions if Yousaf wants to get her vote. (See 3.55pm.)

• More than 150,000 unpaid carers are facing huge fines for minor rule breaches, figures show, as MPs, charities and campaigners demand an immediate amnesty.

• Downing Street has said it is “too early” to say whether the Rwanda Act is having a deterrent effect. (See 12.43pm.) No 10 was responding to reports that Micheál Martin, the Irish tánaiste (deputy PM), has blamed it for asylum seekers travelling to Ireland from Northern Ireland.

Updated at 4.11pm BST

3.55pm BST

Alba MSP Ash Regan suggests Yousaf needs to invest in Grangemouth refinery to win her vote in no confidence motion

Ash Regan, the Alba party MSP, may be raising the price Humza Yousaf will have to pay to secure her support in the no confidence vote next week. In a letter released this morning she focused on Scottish independence, protection for women, and governance issues. (See 9.50am.)

Now, according to PA Media, Regan has suggested investment in the Grangemouth refinery could be a price of her support for Yousaf in the confidence vote. As PA reports, in a letter to party members Regan said investment in the refinery – due to shut as early as next year and shift to an import and export terminal – would be a key demand for her support for Yousaf. Alba has launched a campaign to sustain jobs at the refinery.

Regan said:

A sign of good faith would be a significant government investment, reinforcing the campaign to save the Grangemouth refinery from closure.

I am requesting the undertaking to produce such an initiative in the early course.

I am hopeful that the first minister will commit to such an initiative in the near future as a sign of our shared dedication to Scotland’s welfare.