Opportunities for Scotland's young people and the impact of independence on the cost of living were among the topics featured as both sides of the referendum debate continued their pitch for votes.

SNP MSPs Aileen Campbell and Angela Constance highlighted the potential of a Yes vote to guarantee access to education and training for young people.

Meanwhile, Better Together published analysis which it said showed that breaking up the UK would cost Scottish families dear.

The SNP pointed to the draft constitution published by the Scottish Government, which sets out a guarantee of access to education, training or employment for people up to the age of 24.

And they argued that independence will transform childcare, saving families almost £5,000 per child each year.

Ms Constance said: "The process of writing Scotland's new constitution will be an important part of our nation's history - and opens up a huge range of opportunities for everyone in Scotland, but particularly for our children and young people.

"The Scottish Government's draft constitution proposes that we use Scotland's wealth to provide a constitutional guarantee of access to education, training or employment for young people up to the age of 24."

The SNP has committed to giving all three and four-year-olds, and vulnerable two-year-olds, 1,140 hours of childcare a year by the end of the first Parliament in an independent Scotland.

Ms Campbell said: "With the full economic powers of independence we can transform childcare in Scotland - benefiting 240,000 children and saving families almost £5,000 per year. What a contrast with the Westminster government - whose unfair welfare cuts could push 100,000 more children in Scotland into poverty by 2020."

Meanwhile, the No campaign published an analysis of the impact independence would have on the everyday cost of living in Scotland, saying that staying part of the UK keeps costs down.

Better Together said it looked at the impact independence would have on things like energy bills, train tickets and supermarket bills and concluded that "costs would increase either because of the larger black hole in an independent Scotland's finances or the loss of pooling and sharing resources across the UK".

Scottish Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said: "Much of this debate has rightly focused on the big economic questions of currency and funding for our public services. But the cost of living for families in Scotland is also at the front of people's minds.

"Times are hard enough as it is for families all across Scotland without increasing costs even more with independence.

"The fact is that independence would cost families in Scotland dear. The supermarket bosses and the energy experts have been very clear - leaving the UK would push up costs for families in Scotland.

"Being part of the UK we can spread the cost across an economy of more than 63 million people, rather than taking all the burden on the shoulders of Scottish families alone. Where is the sense in taking on all that risk?"

Responding, SNP MSP Linda Fabiani said: "Scotland is one of the most prosperous countries in the world, with more wealth per head than France, Japan and the UK. But for too many it doesn't feel that way.

"Westminster is failing Scotland's families - the No campaign's leader Alistair Darling was the architect of the crash that has led to a massive rise in the cost of living in recent years."

She added: "Independence will offer families a better deal in a fairer, more prosperous Scotland - and with recent polling putting the Yes vote on a knife edge it is clear that families across the country are waking up to the benefits that a Yes vote will bring."