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Humza Yousaf pledges his Government will be 'bold' at first Cabinet meeting

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Humza Yousaf has pledged his Cabinet will take a "bold approach" to the issues facing Scotland as his top team met for the first time.The new First Minister chaired the first meeting of his new Cabinet today at Bute House in Edinburgh.It took place after a number of new Cabinet secretaries – Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth, Net-Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan, Justice Secretary Angela Constance, and Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray – were formally sworn in at the Court of Session.There was no room in Yousaf’s Cabinet for Kate Forbes, who he narrowly defeated in the SNP leadership contest.With the First Minister planning to make a statement to MSPs after the Easter recess, there was a “substantive discussion” at the Cabinet meeting on the new Government’s priorities.Yousaf and Deputy First Minister Shona Robison also held a meeting with key figures from local authority body Cosla on Friday.Speaking after the Cabinet meeting, the new SNP leader said he had made clear he wants his Cabinet to be a forum for open and honest discussion.He pledged the Government will reach out to others, including the business community, opposition leaders and the wider public “in a spirit of genuine collaboration”.He said: "This Government has a strong track of taking forward ambitious and radical policies and reforms over the last few years, against a backdrop of austerity, economic uncertainty and of course the Covid-19 pandemic."Under my leadership, the ministerial team have been tasked with taking a bold approach to how we govern – not just in addressing the challenges facing the people of Scotland, but also maximising the opportunities of our many strengths.”He said his Government’s key priorities will include eradicating poverty and

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