The first minister confirmed she would stay in post until somebody else takes over and remain as an MSP until at least the next Holyrood election.
during a press conference in Edinburgh at her official residence, Bute House.
But Ms Sturgeon said she believed part of"serving well would be to know almost instinctively when the time is right" to step down, adding:"In my head and in my heart I know that time is now, that it is right for me and my party and for the country."'Sturgeon made Scotland a better place' A senior Labour source said her decision showed it was"all over" for the independence campaign, and showed"after 15 years of failure, the SNP have run out of road".
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