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Yes and No campaigns scramble to claim a 'better off' Scotland

THE big business trumpeters of the rival Yes and No camps both claimed their constitutional settlement would leave Scots better off yesterday.

Westminster Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander said government research showed that an economic payoff equivalent to £1,400 a person would greet Scottish voters if they opted to stay in the union rather than vote to leave.

“Because as a United Kingdom we can pool resources and share risks, it means a UK dividend of £1,400 a year for every man, woman and child in Scotland,” he said.

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