FOUR TIMES AS MANY TRUST HOLYROOD AS THEY DO WESTMINSTER
In the latest survey, four times as many people (61%) said they trusted the Scottish Government to work in Scotland’s best interests, as said they trusted the UK Government to do so (15%).
Levels of trust in the Scottish Government to act in Scotland’s best interests and to make fair decisions have been consistently higher than trust in the UK Government since the survey began.
Views were fairly evenly split on which government had the most influence over the way Scotland is run, with 40% saying that the Scottish Government did, and 42% saying that the UK Government did.
Almost three-quarters (73%) thought the Scottish Government ought to have the most influence over how Scotland is run, compared with 15% who thought Westminster ought to have the most influence.
Asked to choose what they thought the Scottish Government’s priorities should be in 2019, the three priorities selected most often were: to help the economy to grow faster (23%), improve standards of education (18%), and improve people’s health (17%).
Over two in five (42%) thought the economy had weakened a little or a lot in the past 12 months (down from 50% in 2017) compared to 17% who thought it had strengthened (28% said it had stayed the same).
Of those who said it had weakened, 54% thought this was as a result of UK Government policies, while 19% thought it was a result of the policies of the Scottish Government. Although this tends to correlate to the percentage who think the Scottish Government are in control of all the country's economic levers (16%).
Asked if they knew what government had the lion's share of control in Scotland’s economy, 16% wrongly believed the Scottish Government had the powers to effect change in the country's economy, whereas 61% correctly attributed control over Scotland’s economy to the Westminster government.
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