Support for Scottish independence has dropped to the level of the 2014 referendum result, a new poll has found.
A survey carried out in the days before Nicola Sturgeon announced her shock resignation found that 45.6 per cent of Scots would vote Yes, once don't knows were excluded from the total - a five point drop from November.
Just under half of Scots (48 per cent) are also now more likely to say things are going in the "wrong direction" for Scotland, up from 39 per cent three months ago.
