The Latest Breaking News from Holyrood

Potential candidates to succeed the outgoing First Minister include Angus Robertson, Kate Forbes and John Swinney

The Labour Party mulled over the opportunity Ms Sturgeon’s departure could present it at the next UK-wide election.

Michael Russell, the party’s president, said he expected the SNP leadership election to be a ‘contested election’.

The First Minister dropped a political bombshell when she announced her sudden resignation.

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon said the outgoing First Minister had a mixed record on the areas she had responsibility for.

When Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand’s prime minister a few weeks ago, Nicola Sturgeon assured voters she still had plenty left in the tank. Yet apparently, Scotland’s first minister had been thinking about her own future for some time. She said so in her resignation speech on Wednesday, which…

As she resigns after eight years in the top job, Robbie Smith looks back on a remarkable career — and asks what’s next for the SNP’s ‘nippy sweetie’?

She said she will continue as an MSP on the backbenches at Holyrood.

Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will stand down as First Minister and leader of the SNP.

NICOLA Sturgeon’s resignation leaves her party facing a leadership ballot as well as an imminent vacancy at the head of the Scottish Government.

The First Minister said she would stay on as an MSP.