Referendum News

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  Salmond's threat to ditch debt in sterling struggle

  AN INDEPENDENT Scotland would walk away from the UK without paying a share of national debt unless it was able to keep the pound as part of a sterling zone, Alex Salmond has said.

• SNP: UK policies have set back Scots economy

  It argues decisions by UK governments – from the failure to invest in an oil fund in the 1970s and 1980s to cuts to capital spending in the past few years – have undermined growth.

• Minister in Arab Spring row

  Opposition parties have criticised the Scottish Government's External Affairs Minister Humza Yousaf, claiming he has drawn crass and irresponsible comparisons between the Arab Spring and Scotland's own constitutional journey.

• Macwhirter book on independence

  A MAJOR new book by Herald columnist Iain Macwhirter is to be published next month to accompany a ground-breaking STV series about the independence debate.

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  BBC pledges £5m for indyref coverage

  The BBC has said it will spend £5m on extended coverage of the independence referendum.

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  Independence 'would push up finance costs'

  MORTGAGES, pensions and insurance are likely to become more expensive for Scots consumers if the country opts to leave the UK, a Treasury report warned.

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  Westminster has been holding back Scottish economy for generations, says Sturgeon

  UK economic decisions have been holding Scotland back "for generations," Nicola Sturgeon has claimed, as the Scottish Government prepared to publish a key report on the country's industrial strengths.

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  Treasury: indyref Yes vote could put savings and pensions at risk

  Millions of pounds in pensions and savings would be put at risk in an independent Scotland, a report by the UK Government will today warn.

• Leaving EU 'may boost pro-independence vote'

  Support for independence could increase if voters think the UK is likely to withdraw from the EU, a new poll has found.

• Brilliant powerhouse or basket case? Opposing camps clash over finances of an independent Scotland

  The opposing camps in the battle over Scottish independence will next week put forward conflicting visions of Scotland's economic future.

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  'Our banks can win back their reputations ... but we can never again have a government in thrall to the financial sector'

  Much of the Treasury paper seems to be based on a flawed, outdated view of the world which takes no account of the substantial banking reforms which have been on going across Europe and around the world since 2008.

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  Demonstrators defended by Salmond in row with Ukip chief

  ALEX Salmond has launched an outspoken attack on Nigel Farage after the Ukip leader blamed "racist" and "anti-English" independence supporters for disrupting an event in Edinburgh.