Salmond To Stand Down

Alex Salmond will officially resign today as First Minister after spending seven years in the top job.

He'll deliver a statement at Holyrood this afternoon.

Mr Salmond announced his resignation in September after losing the independence referendum.

Councillor Peter Grant is the SNP Leader in Fife:

Well, Nicola Sturgeon will become Scotland's new First Minister on Thursday.

She was elected SNP leader at the party conference in Perth, with Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie her number two.

Angus Robertson leads the Nationalists at Westminster.

He's expecting the good relationship between Holyrood and the Commons to continue:

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