GEORGE Osborne has rubbished the SNP's central ambition for monetary union between an independent Scotland and the UK, saying it would lead to "greater interdependence, not greater independence".
In a keynote speech to the Scottish CBI in Glasgow, the Chancellor insisted: "Scotland walks taller and shouts louder as part of the United Kingdom." Mr Osborne also declared the UK economy was healing, basing his assertion on private-sector job creation, increased investment and growing exports.
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