Referendum News

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  Yes Scotland hail 372,000 Independence Declaration signatures

  Yes Scotland is marking its first anniversary with the announcement that more than 372,000 people have so far signed the Independence Declaration.

• Scott fears Scottish campaign free-for-all

  BODIES receiving public funding from the Scottish Government could be involved in a "free-for-all" next summer promoting independence, it has been claimed.

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  Emails reveal clash between Alex Salmond, Gordon Matheson over youth training

  CONFIDENTIAL emails have revealed another clash between the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council – this time over the launch of a youth training scheme.

• We want our voice heard in indyref debate: charities fight regulator 'gag'

  Scottish charities have issued a tersely worded rebuke to their own regulator over their involvement in campaigning over Scotland's constitutional future.

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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.

• 190,000 viewers watch the first televised referendum debate

  NEARLY 200,000 viewers tuned in to watch the first live television debate of the referendum campaign, according to STV.

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  Salmond tells Nigel Farage to stay out of Scottish politics

  First Minister Alex Salmond entered the controversy surrounding Nigel Farage's chaotic visit to Scotland by telling the Ukip leader he knows "absolutely nothing about Scotland".

• Independence business report move

  The UK Government is marshalling potentially dozens of Coalition ministers as it broadens its campaign against Scottish independence.

• Purdah discrepancy claim

  HOLYROOD ministers face a tougher legal sanction than their Westminster counterparts on the purdah period which bans announcements during the referendum campaign period, MSPs were told yesterday.

• Ministers under fire over EU legal advice

  MINISTERS are facing pressure to publish their legal advice on an independent Scotland's membership of the European Union.

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  Scottish Ministers: we've now got official advice on EU membership

  The Scottish Government says it has now received legal advice about an independent Scotland's membership of the European Union.

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  Farrago as Nigel Farage is rescued by police from protesters

  Nigel Farage had to be rescued by a police riot van today after an attempt to relaunch the party in Scotland descended into chaos.

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  Ex-Canadian PM: indyref poll could tear families apart

  Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien has questioned the threshold that could allow the Scottish independence referendum to be won by a single vote, and warned the campaign could be emotionally divisive.

• Older Scots reluctant to vote Yes as they feel more British

  OLDER Scots are less likely to support independence because they have relatively strong feelings of Britishness, a new analysis has suggested.

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  Darling says No campaign needs to win well to avoid 'neverendum'

  Unionists must win a convincing victory in next year's independence referendum to settle the question for a generation, the leader of the No campaign has suggested.

• Business group launched under Yes Scotland banner

  MORE than 350 businessmen and women have launched a pro- independence campaign under the Yes Scotland banner.

• Ukip brand Better Together 'blithering idiots'

  THE Better Together campaign has been labelled "blithering idiots" by Ukip for not allowing Nigel Farage to join forces with the pro-UK campaign while the party insists its members are, nonetheless, helping the anti-independence cause at a grassroots level in Scotland.

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  Scots entrepreneurs form pro-independence group

  A Falklands veteran who became one of Scotland's most successful entrepreneurs is to play a key role in a new pro-independence group.

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  Brown attacks Tory 'Enoch Powell' immigration policy

  FORMER Prime Minister Gordon Brown has turned Labour's pro-UK campaign launch into an anti-Tory tirade by accusing David Cameron's Government of going down an Enoch Powell-style route over immigration.