A new poll puts public backing for a split at 28% – unchanged from last October. It means the pro-UK campaign has a 20-point lead, more than double the nine-point advantage it enjoyed this time last year.
However, the Yes camp will take comfort from a recent fall in opposition to independence, which is down from an all-time high of 53% in October to 48%. Over the same period the number of don't-knows has risen from 19% to 24%, the highest level since the TNS BRMB series of polls began in 2007.
