The Eye-Watering Cost of Yousaf’s Short Stint In Office

While Humza Useless may be imminently departing, his cost to the taxpayers’ purse doesn’t stop with the loss of his salary. As per the Scottish Parliamentary Pensions Act 2009:

“Under the First Minister and Presiding Officer pension scheme both the First Minister and Presiding Officer are entitled to an annual pension equivalent to 50% of their office-holder salary payable from the day after ceasing to hold office, irrespective of their length of service in the post or their age.