Referendum News

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  Savile linked to rise in recorded sexual assaults

  A RISE in recorded sexual assaults and rapes may be down to publicity surrounding historic sex crimes by celebrities such as Jimmy Savile, according to Scotland's Justice Secretary.

• SNP pension match pledge

  JOHN Swinney has unveiled plans to match all UK state pensions if Scotland becomes independent.

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  Nigel Farage: everyone's out to silence Ukip's voice in Scotland

  Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said there is "something unpleasant going on" in Scotland after a chaotic day's campaigning, with a senior party figure claiming there is a "problem with democracy" north of the border.

• Yes camp faces calls to publish 2014 poll results

  YES Scotland is under pressure to publish the results of polling research claiming support for independence is rising among women, 16 to 24-year-olds and parents with young children.

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  Shetland, Orkney, W.Isles: we want more powers after indyref

  Island councils have joined forces to call for further powers to run their own affairs regardless of the outcome of next year's independence referendum.

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  The Common Weal: how Scotland could look very different after indyref

  A group of academics and economists have launched an international project to flesh out their vision of an independent Scotland as a wealthier and more fair country on the Nordic model.

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  Yes Scotland says women and young shifting to independence

  Yes Scotland sources say they have identified a shift in favour of independence among growing numbers of women and young people, two of the groups thought to be most opposed to Scotland leaving the UK.

• Nation may struggle to get into the EU after 2014, says MEP

  A senior Spanish MEP has voiced doubts that his country would support an independent Scotland's membership of the European Union.

• No guarantees over £144-a-week flat rate pension if referendum results in a Yes vote

  ThE Scottish Government has refused to guarantee the introduction of a heralded £144-a-week flat rate pension if Scotland becomes independent.

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  Swinney to be quizzed by accountants over future of pensions in event of Yes vote for independence

  FINANCE Secretary John Swinney is expected to be quizzed over the SNP's plans for pensions under independence this week, amid rising criticism over the Scottish Government's apparent lack of foresight on the issue.

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  Scots-born tycoon: indy campaigners could make Scotland a laughing stock

  Independence campaigners risk making Scotland a laughing stock, according to a Scots-born Canadian tycoon.

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  Holyrood may vote to censure Question Time

  THE SNP is attempting to force a Holyrood vote censuring the BBC's Question Time programme for featuring Nigel Farage and George Galloway in an edition broadcast from Edinburgh.