Yousaf’s Cabinet appointments approved in vote by MSPs

The new Scottish First Minister chose his ministers on Wednesday.

The Cabinet appointments were approved by MSPs on Thursday (Andrew Milligan/PA) (PA Wire)

First Minister Humza Yousaf’s Cabinet appointments have been approved by MSPs, in what he described as a “changing of the guard”.

Mr Yousaf appointed ministers and junior ministers on Wednesday, with the hirings backed by a majority of MSPs in a vote in Holyrood on Thursday.

MSPs voted by 71 votes to 56 to back the appointments.