ROYAL Bank of Scotland chairman, Sir Philip Hampton, has put more pressure on Alex Salmond by hammering home the institution's need for clarity on what independence would mean for its future plans.
Sir Philip said in a speech the part-state owned bank would "try to achieve clarity for what independence might mean". Finance Secretary John Swinney and Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont were among the guests at the function in Edinburgh.
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