A POLL has shown support for the SNP in Glasgow up almost 10% in the last three months.

The poll by populous has the SNP on 45.8% and Labour on 28.5%. The Tories are third on 11.9% and the LibDems on 6.1%.

The latest findings add to Labour's woes in Glasgow with constituency polls by Lord Ashcroft showing the SNP on course to win six of the seven city seats.

The UK wide Populus poll was carried out in February, across the major cities of around 14,000 people with more than 600 in Glasgow.

It showed the rise in SNP support in the city at 9.8% while Labour dropped 9.5% since November last year.

The change since the 2010 election is even greater with the SNP up 28.5% dan Labour down 27.7%.

The poll put UKIP on 5% in Glasgow, ahead of the Greens on 2.5% and not far behind the LibDems.

The SNP said the poll was a result of Labour campaigning with the Conservatives during the referendum.

West Carol Monaghan, SNP candidate for Glasgow North West, said:"This is a very encouraging poll, showing more and more people across Glasgow are putting their trust in the SNP and support up nearly 10% in just over two months.

"We are taking nothing for granted and will chap every door across the city between now and polling day to secure every vote we can.

"Labour campaigned arm in arm with the Tories during the referendum and they are paying the price for that toxic alliance. Meanwhile, recent polling found 73 per cent would never vote Lib Dem, this shows the extent of the damage caused by their coalition with the Tories."