Financial crisis dents independence

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Just over a third of voters now back the SNP's key policy, according to the survey in the Sunday Herald newspaper.

As the UK slips into recession, support for breaking up the Union has fallen 4% in three months.

In July, support was 39% and had averaged 40% over the past nine months, according to the quarterly survey by pollster TNS System Three.

But this month, backing had dropped to 35%, with 43% of those quizzed opposed to independence, up 2% on July. The number of those undecided had also risen by 2%, to 22%, the paper said.

The gap between support and opposition for independence has increased four-fold, from 2% to 8%.

The pollster interviewed 978 adults face-to-face, in 43 constituencies across Scotland between October 22 and 29.

Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray told the paper: "The last few weeks have shown the SNP's argument for separatism has been undermined by the global banking crisis and the plummeting price of oil.

"Scotland's best prospect lies in partnership with the UK."

An SNP spokesman told the paper: "This is a very encouraging poll, which confirms that support for independence and equality for Scotland is extremely strong."