ALEX Salmond has dismissed warnings that an oil-reliant independent Scotland would face tougher economic choices than the rest of the UK.
The First Minister said North Sea reserves would put the country in a stronger position than the rest of the UK.
He was responding to a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies which said Scotland's debt, relative to the size of its economy, was not as high as the rest of the UK at present.
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