Nicola Sturgeon is set to resign as Scotland’s First Minister, according to reports.
Sturgeon, who has led the country for more than eight years, is expected to make the official announcement at a news conference in Edinburgh at 11am.
She has been in office since November 2014 after taking over from Alex Salmond in the wake of the independence referendum and is Scotland’s longest-serving first minister.
BBC chief political correspondent Nick Eardley reported a source close to Sturgeon said: “She’s had enough.”
The resignation comes just a few weeks after she told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that she had “plenty in the tank” and would be the leader to take Scotland to independence.
Asked about Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as New Zealand prime minister, Sturgeon said: “If I ever reach the point that she has clearly reached, where I think overall I just can’t give the job everything it deserves, then I hope I have the same courage she’s had in saying, ‘Okay, this is the point to go'”.
Recent polling indicated voters were unsure who should follow her as SNP chief if she decided to quit.
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes, who is currently on maternity leave, was the most popular choice, followed by Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson, who previously led the party in Westminster.
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