Humza Yousaf has said he will resign as SNP leader and Scotland's first minister.

Mr Yousaf had previously said he would not resign, and he intended to win the confidence votes.

He was fighting for his political future after ending the powersharing deal between the SNP and Scottish Greens on Thursday.

He was facing two votes of no confidence - one from the Scottish Conservatives, and another from Scottish Labour, which has tabled one for the Scottish government as a whole.

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf is just about to hold a press conference at Bute House, his official residence in Edinburgh.

Mr Yousaf is expected to resign as first minister of Scotland.

You can watch his announcement in the stream above.

The Scottish Conservatives have "forced Humza Yousaf out of office for repeatedly failing Scotland", the party's leader has said.

The Scottish Tories had tabled a motion of no confidence in the first minister.

Douglas Ross said: "Faced with our vote of no confidence, the SNP leader has quit rather than face a humiliating defeat."

While he stressed that "on a personal level, I wish Humza Yousaf and his family well", he added his party "cannot forgive the damage he did to families and households across Scotland by raising taxes, letting NHS waiting lists spiral and attacking free speech".

Mr Ross added: "The next first minister must abandon the nationalist obsession with independence and focus solely on Scotland's top priorities, such as creating jobs and improving our ailing public services."

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf could be set to announce his resignation at a news conference in half an hour's time.

The SNP leader triggered a crisis at Holyrood after he dramatically brought the power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens to an end.

The backlash plunged Mr Yousaf's future into doubt.

How did we get here?

The Bute House Agreement - signed back in 2021 and named after the first minister's official residence in Edinburgh - brought the Green Party into government for the first time anywhere in the UK.

It gave the SNP a majority at Holyrood when the votes of its MSPs were combined with those of the seven Green members, and also made Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater junior ministers.

Without it, the SNP would need to have operated as a minority administration at Holyrood.

What caused the relationship to sour?

There had been mounting tensions between the largest party at Holyrood and their junior partners in government.

The Greens were angered at the SNP-led administration's recent decision to ditch a key climate change target.

That, combined with the decision to pause the prescription of new puberty blockers to under-18s at Scotland's only gender clinic, resulted in the Greens announcing they would have a vote on the future of the power-sharing deal. 

What brought things to a head?

Mr Yousaf decided to pull the plug on the agreement - arguing it had "served its purpose" - prompting a major fallout with his former allies, who vowed to back a no-confidence motion in his leadership proposed by Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross.

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf has arrived at Bute House, his official residence in Edinburgh, ahead of a news conference on his political future at midday.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said the situation with Humza Yousaf and the SNP in Scotland is "absolute chaos" as he called for a "fresh start".

Sir Keir said: "I despair at the situation in Scotland. It's absolute chaos now from the Scottish parliament, from the SNP. So you've got chaos in the Scottish parliament, chaos in the Westminster parliament."

He said the Scottish people have been "fundamentally let down" and "all the SNP can offer is chaos".

He added: "We've got to turn the page on this now - we need that general election and a fresh start."

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed MP and psychiatrist Dr Dan Poulter to the Labour Party after he quit the Tories in anger over the NHS crisis.

The former Conservative health minister and part-time working medic made the shock announcement on Saturday, saying Rishi Sunak's government was "failing" the NHS and he could no longer "look my NHS colleagues in the eye" as a Tory.

"The health service has ceased to be an area of priority for the Conservative Party, and that is now showing in the strain on the front line and the deterioration of care for patients," he said, adding "the only cure is a Labour government".

The Scottish National Party faces "a difficult day", its former deputy leader has said, amid expectations Humza Yousaf will resign as Scotland's first minister.

Speaking at a Resolution Foundation event, John Swinney, one of the frontrunners to take over from Mr Yousaf, said: "I think it's probably best at this stage if I let the first minister speak for himself to set out his position."

The MSP for Perthshire North added: "I'm quite sure more has to be said in the course of the rest of the day and the rest of the week."

Campaigners, bereaved relatives and famous faces are due to gather outside parliament today ahead of a debate on assisted dying.

Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby, who has called the law "increasingly unbearable" after the death of his younger brother Nicholas, who suffered with motor neurone disease, is expected to be among the high-profile figures present.

Others including Dame Susan Hampshire and campaigner Peter Tatchell are said to be joining calls for a change to the law ahead of the Westminster Hall debate.

A petition for a debate garnered more than 200,000 signatures and has been backed by journalist and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen, who has stage four lung cancer and revealed in December she has joined the assisted dying clinic Dignitas.

Humza Yousaf will give a news conference at Bute House at midday today.

He will make an announcement at his official residence in Edinburgh about his future as Scotland's first minister.

It comes as he faces two votes of no confidence, one from the Scottish Conservatives and another from Scottish Labour, which has tabled one for the Scottish government as a whole.