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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Yousaf reverses key Sturgeon policies as he sets out ‘fresh vision’ for Scotland

Humza Yousaf
Humza Yousaf has also repeated his campaign pledge to convene an anti-poverty summit. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf, has set out a “fresh vision” for his next three years in government that delays, redraws or reverses a number of his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon’s key policies.

But opposition leaders said any attempt at a relaunch had been “utterly torpedoed” by the arrest earlier on Tuesday of the SNP treasurer, Colin Beattie, amid the ongoing police investigation into the party’s funding and finances.

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