Nicola Sturgeon confirms she intends to stand down as SNP leader and Scotland's first minister once a successor is chosen.
Sturgeon has been the country’s longest-serving first minister.
The Scottish National party leader has suffered a series of political setbacks recently.
The UK Supreme court defeat of her plans for a fresh independence referendum and a damaging row over a transgender double rapist being sent to a female jail.
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