First minister hopefuls clash over continuing SNP’s centre-left policies

Humza Yousaf warns fellow frontrunners to replace Sturgeon in Scotland not to abandon her progressive agenda

The frontrunners fighting to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland’s first minister have clashed over whether to defend or abandon her centre-left, socially inclusive policies.

In a further sign of the divisions opening up within the SNP, Humza Yousaf warned his rivals that support for the party and independence would be badly damaged if they abandoned her “progressive agenda”.