article_snippet.sent: More than half of Scots plan to back the SNP in the general election, shattering Miliband hopes of securing a Labour majority.
article_snippet.sent: A new TNS survey shows the SNP has almost doubled the SNP lead over Labour in a month, with 52 per cent now backing Ms Sturgeon with only 24 per cent of Scots planning to vote for Miliband.
article_snippet.sent: A new TNS survey shows the SNP has almost doubled its lead over Labour in a month, with 52 per cent now backing Ms Sturgeon with only 24 per cent of Scots planning to vote for Miliband .
article_snippet.sent: Support for Ukip in Scotland is 'almost negligible', TNS said.
article_snippet.sent: The SNP surge since the independence referendum in September puts Labour on course to lose dozens of seats, robbing Miliband of any chance of winning the election outright.
article_snippet.sent: Tom Costley, head of TNS Scotland, said: 'The official election campaign has got off to a great start for the SNP, undoubtedly helped by Ms Sturgeon strong performance in the UK-wide TV debate.
article_snippet.sent: Not only has Labour's hopes of a recovery in support been dashed but, even worse, it appears to have gone backwards. '
article_snippet.sent: the SNP seems to be building on the momentum which the SNP carried forward from the independence referendum, while Jim Murphy is still struggling to win back Labour's lost supporters.
article_snippet.sent: Indeed, the latest poll shows some evidence that the growth in SNP support is mainly coming from disaffected Labour supporters. '
article_snippet.sent: Support for the SNP continues to be very strong among younger voters who are certain to vote and express a preference - 71 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds, against 57 per cent for 35 to 54-year-olds and 40 per cent for those aged .
article_snippet.sent: In the event of a hung parliament, 44 per cent of Scottish voters would prefer a Labour-led government compared with 15 per cent who back a Tory-led administration.
article_snippet.sent: The most popular single option is a Labour-SNP coalition, with 25 per cent support.
article_snippet.sent: the various parties have ruled this out, but the response suggests that some form of SNP-Labour co-operation has significant backing, TNS said.
article_snippet.sent: Nearly a third (31 per cent) of Labour voters would prefer the option of co-operating with SNP-Labour, while 28 per cent opted for a Labour minority government.
article_snippet.sent: If SNP-Labour holds a majority of Scotland's 59 seats in a hung parliament, voters are evenly divided between those who want SNP-Labour to work with Labour (34 per cent) and those who want SNP-Labour to remain a separate bloc in the Westminster Parliament (32 per cent).
article_snippet.sent: SNP voters are also evenly divided - 42 per cent want to work with Labour and 45 per cent would want the party to remain separate.
highlights_snippet.sent: 52% of Scots backing the SNP, doubling lead over Labour trailing on 24% .
  