The overflowing in-tray facing Scotland’s new first minister

From reuniting a fractured party to ensuring the powersharing agreement with the Greens remains intact, the new leader will hit the ground running.

Scotland’s new first minister will face a series of challenges by the time their portrait is placed on the wall in Bute House (Andy Buchanan/PA)

Running a country is a big job – and Scotland’s new first minister will come into the post with an in-tray that is already bulging.

Top of their to-do list will be reuniting a party which has been rocked by a leadership election that even Nicola Sturgeon has described as being “somewhat fractious”.

The candidates have clashed repeatedly throughout the campaign, but now need to find a way to work together.