'Yes' vote would hit economy - poll

Oct 15 2012

More than a quarter of the British public believes the UK economy would suffer if Scotland became independent, according to a poll.

Around 27% of people felt the country's economy would be hit if Scots returned a 'yes' vote in the 2014 referendum in a ComRes survey for ITV News at Ten.

More than half (58%) of Britons polled and 55% of Scots said they believed an independent Scotland would itself suffer economically.

The pollsters interviewed 2,097 adults online between October 12 and 14, 175 of them in Scotland.

Around 29% of the British public supported Scottish independence and 34% of Scottish respondents.

Asked if everyone in the UK should get to vote in the referendum, two in five Britons (41%) and one in five Scots (22%) agreed.

Almost half (47%) of Scottish respondents said they would support an extension of powers for the Scottish Parliament compared to 35% of Britons.