Saturday, 27 April 2013 09:05

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  By Martin Kelly
 
Respected former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Sir George Mathewson has expressed his anger over the way information on the independence referendum is being distorted.
 
Sir George has spoken out after UK Chancellor George Osborne visited Scotland this week and claimed the rest of the former UK would not want an independent Scotland to share the pound.

Thursday, 25 April 2013 18:40

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  By Martin Kelly
 
An independent Scotland would be no worse off than the rest of the UK even if it didn’t have oil and gas, according to the official pro-independence campaign.
 
Yes Scotland has today published a document that it says shows Scotland’s economic output would still be on a par with the UK as a whole, even without revenues from the North Sea - and that’s including London’s multi-billion pound financial sector.

Tuesday, 23 April 2013 07:05

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  By Martin Kelly
 
The row over a controversial donation made to the official ‘No’ campaign has taken a new twist with claims that the Unionist alliance, Better Together, is benefiting from the proceeds of tax avoidance.
 
Speaking in advance of the publication by the Treasury of an anti-independence paper on currency policy, the Scottish National Party has today challenged the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, over a £500,000 donation given to the pro-Union campaign by the president and Chief Executive of Vitol, Mr Ian Taylor.

Thursday, 11 April 2013 02:00

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   By a Newsnet reporter 

The anti-independence Better Together campaign has been accused of using "highly irresponsible" language and has been urged to withdraw an online article after it made a series of sweeping accusations against the SNP and Yes Scotland.

The calls follow an online statement published by the pro-Union group in which it claimed controversial newspaper reports surrounding its biggest donor were the result of "a co-ordinated dirty-tricks campaign by the nationalists".

Sunday, 07 April 2013 22:01

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  By Martin Kelly
 
A report to be published by a group of MPs has been dismissed as merely an extension of the anti-Independence campaign after it emerged key evidence given by expert witnesses had been ignored.
 
Ahead of the publication of the report by the Scottish Affairs Committee - Newsnet Scotland has learned that the report’s conclusions excludes evidence which show Scotland’s defence industries would remain highly competitive with independence.

Monday, 01 April 2013 22:08

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  By G.A.Ponsonby
 
The pro-Union Better Together campaign has been left red-faced yet again after it emerged that leaflets boasting about the UK’s triple-A rating were still being distributed.
 
Five weeks after credit agency Moody’s downgraded the UK’s credit rating, it has emerged that anti-independence campaigners are still handing out leaflets which declare - "Scots save billions on the cost of mortgages due to the UK's AAA credit rating."