First Minister Humza Yousaf announces first Cabinet

It is the first cabinet to be majority composed of women, Forbes and Regan are absent

Humza Yousaf has been officially sworn-in at the court of session in Edinburgh and, with the formalities over, announced his first Cabinet.

There are big promotions for some of his strongest supporters in the SNP leadership contest, but no place for either of his opponents.

The First Minister says it’s a team to deliver his “radical, ambitious and progressive policy agenda for Scotland”.

His opponents say it will fail to unite his party or the country.

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