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.
NIGEL Farage's comical flight from the mob may have grabbed the headlines this week but – fear not – convoluted arguments about the currency of an independent Scotland continued regardless.
Coalition ministers have warned that an independent Scotland would be forced to create its own financial services regulator – a move which could push up the costs of mortgages, insurance policies and pensions.