The SNP has broken off the Bute House Agreement ending the power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens.

Humza Yousaf ended the deal on Thursday morning with Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater being sacked from government.

He said the agreement had “served its purpose” and it was in the best interests of the Scottish people “to pursue a different arrangement”.

“Cooperation in any sphere of life is, almost by definition, a trade-off,” he told a press conference in Edinburgh on Thursday morning.

“When it comes to our agreement, we believe that the benefits have outweighed the compromises.

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