Spring 2023 could mark the start of a new journey for the Scottish people and its democratically elected organisations – the Scottish Parliament and Scottish local authorities.

Humza Yousaf is now elected as leader of the SNP and also appointed as Scotland's sixth First Minister (FM). Could we anticipate the possibility of a new form of devolved Government – one that understands the value of seeing devolution as a process where power, resources and responsibilities are further delegated from the Scottish Parliament and Scottish ministers to Scotland's local authorities and thereafter to local partnerships and community based organisations?