The SNP has welcomed a new opinion poll which shows growing public support for the party.
A Progressive Scottish Opinion survey in the Scottish Daily Mail put support for the nationalist party on 48 per cent, ahead of Labour on 32 per cent.
The Scottish Conservatives polled eight per cent, as did the Liberal Democrats.
The survey also found that while 31 per cent of people approve of Scottish independence, some 49 per cent are against the move while 20 per cent don't know or are undecided.
A spokesman for the the SNP said the figures were "sensational", with support up 15 points since the Holyrood elections.
"The poll underlines the success of the SNP government in delivering our programme for the first 100 days, at a pace that has left the opposition parties gasping and unable to keep up," he added.
"This is the highest opinion poll rating we have ever recorded.
"The SNP has built credibility and competence in government, and that is reflected in the satisfaction figures running at over three-to-one in favour.
"No previous Scottish government has built up such a solid platform of support in its first 100 days."
