Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale is to quit the Scottish parliament within weeks.

A source close to her confirmed that she will make a departure announcement shortly, with the MSP expected to go when this parliamentary term finishes at the end of June.

It reflects her deep disquiet over Labour’s stance on Brexit. Earlier this month she told The Times it was vital that Labour goes into any election full square behind a “people’s vote” and remaining in the EU or be punished at the ballot box.

The move will come as little surprise to many of her colleagues as she has been unhappy at the direction of the party under Jeremy Corbyn and her successor Richard Leonard.

But it will come as a