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Humza Yousaf is considering whether to resign before losing next week’s crunch confidence vote, it has been reported.

Mr Yousaf’s future as First Minister of Scotland now hangs in the balance, with 64 MSPs from the Tories, Labour, Greens and LibDems pledging to vote against him continuing in office.

With just 63 SNP MSPs, the future of Nicola Sturgeon’s successor now rests on the vote on Alba MSP Ash Reagan, whom Mr Yousaf insulted as “no great loss” when she defected from the SNP last October.

With the vote set to be a knife-edge result, it’s now been claimed that Mr Yousaf is considering whether to jump before he’s pushed from the top job in Scottish politics.

A former ally and supporter of Mr Yousaf has told The Times: “He’s done. Whether it’s today, tomorrow or later than that, he’s done”.

Mr Yousaf is reportedly …