FIRST MINISTER Humza Yousaf used his address to the Scottish Trades Union Congress today to challenge the next Labour government to ditch Tory austerity.

Speaking in his home town of Dundee, the SNP leader and Glasgow Pollok MSP reiterated his consistent calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and took the opportunity to thank congress for the “support and kindness” offered to him and his partner while members of her family continue to be trapped in the warzone.

Defining his values, the former trade union member repeated his calls for an immediate halt to all arms sales to Israel before turning to matters closer to home.