SCOTTISH voters back a key Tory measure designed to reduce welfare spending, a new poll has revealed.
A YouGov survey found that that 65 per cent support the current benefit cap, which means no household receives more in benefits than the national average income of £26,000, while just 15 per cent support it.
Meanwhile, plans to reduce the cap to £23,000 were backed by 54 per cent and were opposed by 26 per cent.
Scottish Conservative welfare reform spokesman Alex Johnstone said: "This important poll confirms that despite Labour and SNP scaremongering, the majority of Scots are wholeheartedly on the side of the UK Government's bid to get Scotland back to work.
"And it shows that Ed Miliband and Nicola Sturgeon speak for the minority in failing to reform welfare, and racking up our nation's debts."
In yesterday's televised TV debate between the Scottish party leaders, Jim Murphy and Willie Rennie said they had no plans to change the cap, while SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said it was "not a priority".
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