TRUST in the Scottish government has fallen to its lowest levels since polling began a quarter of a century ago.

Since the dawn of devolution in 1999, the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey has in almost every year quizzed a representative sample of the Scottish public on a range of subjects from public services to the performance of government itself.

The latest survey, which engaged 1,574 over-16s between September and October last year, found the percentage who said they trust the Scottish government “just about always” or “most of the time” has fallen to 47 per cent.