Most Brits support devolution
By politics.co.uk staff
Seventy per cent of Brits think devolution has been good for Scotland, according to a new survey.
The figure was identical for those on both sides of the border. Seventy per cent of those polled in Scotland and 70 per cent of those polled in England and Wales agreed with the statement.
The poll, conducted by Populus for the Times newspaper, was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of devolution.
There was a distinction in those who believed it was bad for Scotland however.
Eighteen per cent of those in Scotland, and just seven per cent of those in England and Wales, thought devolution had been bad for Scotland.
Fifty-five per cent of those in Scotland and 73 per cent of those in England and Wales thought relations between the countries had not changed over the last decade but a quarter of Scots thought they had worsened, as did 14 per cent of those in England.
Thirty-one per cent of those in England and Wales thought the Scots received too much money from the UK.
Four in ten Scots wanted the country to have more devolved powers, short of full independence.
Twenty-one per cent want independence, and around 25 per cent want the situation to remain as it stands.
Populus surveyed 911 people in England and Wales and 500 people in Scotland.
