Lib Dem minister sounds the alarm over impact
of Scotland leaving the UK
Voters will have their say in independence
referendum on September 18
Scotland will lose its £300million-a-year
share of the UK's EU, expert claims
Yes campaign still lagging in the polls with
barely 50 days to go
Scotland will be plunged into a deeper
economic crisis than the 2008 crash if it breaks away from the UK, Danny
Alexander warned.
The Lib Dem Treasury minister said the
devastating financial collapse which took Royal Bank of Scotland to the brink
would be 'dwarfed' by the impact of independence.
It came amid claims Scotland will lose
its £300million-a-year share of the UK's EU rebate if it votes for separation.
The economic challenge an independent
Scotland would face were laid bare with a fresh warning about its
£300million-a-year share of the EU rebate.
Professor Carlos Closa of the European
University Institute in Florence said Alex Salmond has no right to the UK's
hard-won windfall.
The First Minister had claimed the rest
of the UK and a newly separate Scotland would share the rebate in the event of
independence.
But Professor Closa has become the
latest expert to dismiss the idea. 'There is no right to a rebate. It is just
something the UK has negotiated,' he said.
Gordon Brown has warned that losing the
rebate would cost the Scottish Government £20billion over seven years.
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