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		</div><p>Support for Scottish independence is lower than in 2014, according to a new poll conducted in the days after Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to push for a second referendum.</p>
<p>The Panelbase survey for The Sunday Times and LBC puts backing for independence at 44%, one point lower than when the question was put to Scotland two-and-a-half years ago, while a majority (56%) would vote to remain in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>The poll of 1,008 voters in Scotland was conducted between Monday and Friday following confirmation from Ms Sturgeon that she will seek permission to hold a second vote on the issue.</p>
<p>Ms Sturgeon told delegates at the SNP conference in Aberdeen she was willing to negotiate &#8221;within reason&#8221; on the timing of any ballot after Theresa May dismissed the call saying &#8220;now is not the time&#8221;.</p>
<p>The poll suggests a majority of Scots agree with the British Prime Minister, with 51% saying they do not want another referendum to take place in the next few years.</p>
<p>Almost a third (32%) supported having a referendum in the next year or two while the Brexit negotiations are ongoing, while around 18% backed another ballot about two years from now when negotiations are complete.</p>
<p>However 44% said they expected one to take place within the next five to 10 years, up six points since Panelbase asked the question in January, and nine points since last September.</p>
<p>John Curtice, professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, told the newspaper: &#8220;The First Minister has not had any success at all in reducing the level of opposition to holding any kind of referendum in the wake of Brexit.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Yes side still has considerable ground to make. More time to argue her case might, in truth, be just what Nicola Sturgeon wants.&#8221;</p>
<p>On the economics of independence, just 13% of those surveyed thought it would make them at least £500 a year better off, 34% believed they would be at least £500 worse off, 28% said it would make little difference and 25% did not know.</p>
<p>Asked who they would vote for in a Westminster general election, 47% backed the SNP, support for the Scottish Conservatives was at 28%, Scottish Labour was on 14%, the Lib Dems on 4% and the Greens and Ukip both on 3%.</p>
<p>Meanwhile a poll for The Independent found that 44% of respondents in Scotland agreed with the statement: &#8220;Theresa May should insist that any second Scottish referendum on independence takes place only once Britain has concluded the process of leaving the EU.&#8221;</p>
<p>However 48% disagreed, while 8% said they did not know. In England and Wales 60% of respondents said Theresa May was right to refuse a second referendum while negotiations with the 27 other EU states are under way, while 21% said she was wrong.</p>
<p>The poll of 2,026 adults, including 185 in Scotland, was carried out by ComRes online between March 15 and 17.</p>
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