Alex Salmond is trying to con Scotland into voting for independence by refusing to reveal his currency plans and transition costs, according to Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.
The Labour MP went to Edinburgh to "convince the people of Scotland to vote No" and outline "the facts" on currency, taxes and interest rates which mean Scotland "would be much, much worse off" if it was independent.
He refused Mr Salmond's call for an apology from Better Together for "misbriefing" that it would cost £2.7 billion to set up an independent Scotland.
Professor Patrick Dunleavy, whose work informed the Treasury analysis that was used by Better Together, said the final bill would be closer to £600 million, but that detailed estimates are hard to achieve because UK civil servants have been banned from discussing any of the transition details in advance with Scottish Government staff.
But Mr Balls said Better Together "don't want a pre-negotiation", they want a No vote.
Mr Balls said he will be supporting the combined efforts of the UK countries at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month, but will "fly a bit of a flag for England".
"I don't have a vote in this independence referendum but I really care about the result, as do people across the UK," he said.
"We want Scotland to stay in the union. I want not just Labour voters but all voters to vote No in the referendum, because that's the way to make sure that we don't have high interest rates in Scotland, that we don't have our pensions system broken up.
"It's the way that we can have more jobs, more investment, we can continue to work together. I think it's the best way forward and I want to help convince the people of Scotland to vote No.
"Most people on Princes Street who were residents of Scotland were voting No and were happy to take one of our flags which say: Scottish Labour vote No in the referendum. So, we had a good response.
"Let's have an open debate about what the costs are. We have set out what the costs are, something that Alex Salmond has absolutely, totally failed to do.
"I think he's just trying to con people. He won't tell people what the set-up costs are, and they would go into the hundreds of millions or billions of pounds.
"He won't tell us what his currency plan is. Scotland will not be able to stay part of our currency union.
"So what is Alex Salmond's plan?
"He won't admit that interest rates would go up, even though we have a report today saying interest rates will be higher in Scotland, not just for the government but for people's mortgages as well.
"If Alex Salmond wants to have an honest debate he can have one, and he can start by debating with Alistair Darling.
"We don't want a pre-negotiation. We want a No vote in the referendum and we want a No vote because people have looked at the facts on taxes, currency and interest rates and concluded - as I am sure is the case - that Scotland would be much, much worse off, as would the rest of the UK.
"If Alex Salmond was confident in his arguments, he would start answering some of the questions."
He added: "I will be supporting the combined countries of the UK as they all succeed (at the Commonwealth Games), but obviously I fly a bit of flag for England."
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