Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has said the collapse of the power-sharing deal between the SNP and the Scottish Greens today is a "pretty bitter divorce".

Speaking on Sky News' latest Electoral Dysfunction podcast, the Tory peer says: "This isn't a conscious uncoupling like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin. I mean, this is a proper a bitter doozy."

She says it will be "really interesting" to see whether the Greens are "so angry" that they vote with other opposition parties in Holyrood, having previously been "pretty willing allies of the SNP". 

"It will be really interesting as we go forward to find out whether they want to exact revenge or whether they're going to be more independent-minded than they have previously been in previous parliaments," she says.

Earlier, Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said the SNP can no longer rely on its votes in parliament after First Minister Humza Yousaf terminated the deal (see post at 1.31pm).

Mr Yousaf will now lead a minority government (see post at 10.16am). 

Ruth says the move was a "sign of weakness" from Mr Yousaf. 

"He had to pull the trigger before he was dumped," she says. 

You can hear Ruth's comments in full on Sky News' latest Electoral Dysfunction podcast - out at 6am tomorrow. 

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By Beth Rigby, political editor

This was a trip with two aims: to refocus the world's attention on Ukraine and announce a big boost in defence spending - with an eye, of course, on national security, but also on the general election.

When it comes to Ukraine, this was a co-ordinated effort across the Atlantic.

As Rishi Sunak arrived in Berlin, overnight in Washington the US was finally approving a $600m military aid package for Kyiv.

This was all designed to send a message to Russia - allies are in lockstep and will stand behind Ukraine for as long as it takes.

The prime minister used the Poland leg of the trip to commit the UK to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030, while in Berlin, Mr Sunak announced a formal bilateral security partnership with Germany to deepen co-operation on defence and military manufacturing.

It was all part of his agenda to position himself as a wartime leader, speaking of the UK's defence industry going onto a war footing as Europe stood at a turning point.

"The world we are living in is increasingly dangerous and the axis of authoritarian states are working together to undermine our security," he told his audience in Berlin.

"We need to do more. Germany has done more and we have met the NATO standard [on spending], and you see global defence spending is rising."

Mr Sunak added: "I do believe we will look back at this moment in time and recognise this inflection point, where the old paradigm is no longer the case and we need to adjust for a new paradigm."

Read Beth's full analysis here:

People voting in local elections in England on 2 May will need to provide photo ID.

It is the second year the requirement has been in place - but in 2023, 14,000 people couldn't cast their ballot because they didn't take ID to the polling booth.

There are 22 different types of ID you can use - and if you don't have any of them, you can register for a Voter Authority Certificate.

Here's everything you need to know to avoid being caught out:

The Scottish Labour Party and Scottish Lib Dems are to back a motion of no confidence in First Minister Humza Yousaf, Sky News understands.

It comes after the Scottish Conservatives confirmed they have lodged the motion after the power-sharing agreement between the SNP and Scottish Greens collapsed.

Mr Yousaf is now leading a minority government. 

Sky's Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies has said the Greens "are absolutely furious," and are due to meet by the end of the day to decide how they are going to vote. 

Connor says if Mr Yousaf loses the vote, expected next week, the SNP would have to install a new leader within 28 days.

The SNP have 63 seats in the Scottish parliament. 

The Scottish Conservatives have 31, Scottish Labour have 22 and the Scottish Liberal Democrats have four - a combined number of 57.

The Greens have seven MSPs.

There is also one Alba Party MSP and a presiding officer of no party affiliation. 

By Nick Martin, people and politics correspondent 

June gives me a wry smile when I ask her if she trusts politicians. But it soon fades.

"They promise you the Earth, and you don't see anything. And it's soul destroying," she says.

I meet her and husband Joe as they tuck into fish and chips in the town's oldest chippy, the Peabung, which has served this town since 1883.

June tells me she really wants to trust politicians but they "just mess it up every time". I ask Joe if he thinks politicians care about him? "Well hopefully they do. I'm not sure really."

He stops to think for a moment. "I don't really trust politicians," he says.

The findings of a Sky News/YouGov poll are stark and echo how voters like June and Joe feel. The findings suggest voters no longer believe what politicians say.

In some places, there appears to be a deep loss of faith in British politics.

Shannon Donnelly has nearly 200,000 followers on TikTok and has used the platform to develop her Grimsby-based business selling personal safety equipment, such as panic alarms. I ask her if she trusts politicians.

"No - I think things like Brexit has massively changed people's opinion. I won't forget when they said all that money would go to the NHS.

"Now we seem to be in a worse position, but they still expect us to trust them. It's crazy."

Read more here:

The Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge is going to be live in Grimsby tonight with a special programme in our Target Towns series. She'll be talking about trust in politics with a live audience - that's live tonight on Sky News at 7pm.

By Professor Will Jennings, Sky election analyst

The morning after the 2019 general election, Boris Johnson pledged to people in the North East who had voted Conservative for the first time that he and the party would "repay your trust".

That year was the Brexit election, and the Conservatives ultimately won because they and Mr Johnson were trusted to "get Brexit done" - Jeremy Corbyn was not.

Five years on, exclusive polling by YouGov for Sky News finds that since then, the number of people saying they "almost never" trust the British government to place the needs of the nation above the interests of their own party has nearly doubled - from 26% to 49%.

This spiralling level of distrust has been greatest for the bedrock of the Conservative's electoral coalition - those who voted to leave the EU in 2016.

The percentage of Leavers saying they "almost never" trust government has leapt by 33 points (from 23% to 56%) since the last election - twice as much as the increase for Remainers.

It is the sort of people who live in places like Grimsby and Cleethorpes, which voted heavily to Leave the EU - by nearly 70% - who have lost most trust in British politics since 2019.

Read more here:

The Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge is going to be live in Grimsby tonight with a special programme in our Target Towns series. She'll be talking about trust in politics with a live audience - that's live tonight on Sky News at 7pm.

The SNP can't rely on Scottish Green votes in parliament, Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has said, after a power-sharing agreement between the two parties collapsed. 

First Minister Humza Yousaf terminated the deal earlier today and will now lead a minority government (see post at 10.16am).

In a news conference earlier, Mr Yousaf said he would look forward to cooperating with the Greens "on an issue by issue basis".

However, the Greens have said their support can't be depended on.

"The issues which matter to the Scottish Greens were core to the Bute House Agreement - ramping up climate action, standing up for tenants' rights, and protecting the most vulnerable people in society," Mr Harvie said, in reference to the power-sharing deal.

"We were committed to making a difference on these, day in, day out, as part of the Scottish government.

"Instead, Humza Yousaf has chosen to rely on social conservatives and the right wing of his party to run a minority government.

"That has significant consequences for how the Scottish Greens position ourselves in parliament, and the first minister cannot rely on Green support while being dictated to by forces on the right."

Earlier, the Scottish Conservatives announced they are lodging a motion of no confidence in Mr Yousaf (see post at 12.17pm).

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said the UK will stand behind Ukraine "whatever it takes" as he met Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

His trip comes after the government announced a £500m package of military aid to Ukraine.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also committed to long-term support as part of a move to increase the UK's defence budget.

Mr Hunt said the onus is now Ukraine's allies to "pile the pressure on Putin and help restore peace and prosperity in Europe".

"Ukraine's security is our security and the billions in funding and equipment Britain has provided to date is just the start of a longer-term commitment to supporting them in their struggle with Russia for as long as it takes," he said. 

The Ukrainian president told Mr Hunt the "crucial support" was "very important".

Writing on social media, he thanked "the people, the government, the prime Minister, and the parliament of the United Kingdom for their support of Ukraine".

"We highly value our countries' partnership," he said.

With the local elections just over a week away, deputy political editor Sam Coates explains why they matter and what they might tell us about the upcoming general election.

A point of process but a symbolic moment nonetheless, royal assent means Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill has been signed off by the monarch and is now law.

But this is likely the easy bit.

The new legislation will now no doubt be stress-tested by the courts in the coming weeks, as refugee charities – and their lawyers – look for chinks in the government's armour.

Campaigners have already said they are identifying migrants who may be singled out for deportation and will be lodging legal challenges.

A looming clash with the European Court of Human Rights is also possible - presenting a test for Rishi Sunak's vow to not let any "foreign court" block flights.

So there is a way to go.

What's more - for all the drama around Rwanda, it's important to remember that success for the prime minister should not be solely judged by how many people are put on planes to Kigali.

True success is if this scheme does indeed have a deterrent effect on people crossing the channel.

It will take many months to establish that.