Craig Hoy: “This is a shocking development.”

Every single Scot is over £2,700 better off because we are part of a strong United Kingdom.

John Swinney and his ministerial colleagues need to accept their approach is going to mean more pain for Scots in the coming years, through more tax rises or spending cuts or both.

The damning results in this survey show that SNP ministers have lost control of their ever-growing army of civil servants.

The bank must not become another SNP vanity project where taxpayers are left to foot the bill for failure while ministers dodge responsibility.