Humza Yousaf to meet Rishi Sunak during London trip

Mr Yousaf will meet the PM in person for the first time since being made First Minister, the Scottish Government has said.

First Minister Humza Yousaf will meet the Prime Minister in person (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

Humza Yousaf will meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in person for the first time since he became Scotland’s First Minister.

Mr Yousaf will meet the Prime Minister amid the looming court battle between Holyrood and Westminster after Scottish Secretary Alister Jack blocked the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill.

The First Minister has previously said challenging the UK Government’s block on the gender Bill was “our only means of defending our Parliament’s democracy from the Westminster veto” but Mr Sunak said Westminster had taken “very careful and considered advice” on the issue before acting.