Plans to devolve more powers to Scotland if it stays in the UK will be unveiled within days after a shock poll put the Yes camp in the lead for the first time in advance of the referendum on independence on September 18.
George Osborne said that the final touches were being put to proposals for “much greater” fiscal autonomy and tax-raising abilities that would give Scots “the best of both worlds”.
The chancellor said that the YouGov research for The Sunday Times, which found that the pro-independence campaign was ahead by 51 per cent to 49 per cent, should galvanise those who wanted to keep the union together.
Speaking on the The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One, Mr Osborne denied that dire warnings