The new First Minister is believed to have offered his leadership rival a job as rural affairs secretary - which allies of Ms Forbes rejected as an 'insult and not a real effort to unite' the SNP
The Finance Secretary, who was narrowly defeated by Mr Yousaf in theSources close to her confirmed she had told the incoming First Minister that she did not want the job and would instead be returning to the backbenches.
A source close to Ms Forbes confirmed that she had turned down a position in Mr Yousaf’s administration but insisted that their conversation had been “very amicable”. “I have full confidence he will appoint a talented Cabinet and ministerial team, able to meet the challenges facing the country,” she added.
Mr Yousaf was confirmed as Scotland’s sixth First Minister in a vote at Holyrood on Tuesday, revealing afterwards that Shona Robison, one of Nicola Sturgeon’s closest allies, would be his Deputy First Minister.
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