Marianne Taylor
BBC Scotland news

Right, that's all for today from the referendum Live team. We'll be back at 08:00 tomorrow with all the latest news from both sides of the campaign, as well as reaction and expert analysis.

Until then, you can keep up with the latest developments on the Scotland Decides website or listen in to Referendum Tonight on BBC Radio Scotland 810 MW and DAB.

@Rogermare:, external Like end of bad marriage - 3 Westminster stooges rush over with chocs flowers & promises: no detail too little too late.

@Nevermore:, external Salmond & Co will destroy Scotland just to get a mention in the history books. Save Scotland Vote No.

The two sides of the campaign have been responding to Bank of England governor Mark Carney's comments earlier today that "a currency union is incompatible with sovereignty".

For the union, Better Together leader Alistair Darling said: "Mark Carney has confirmed what we have been saying all along - a currency union is not compatible with sovereignty.

"It would mean what would then be a foreign country having control over our economy. That's why a currency union would be bad for Scotland, as well as the rest of the UK."

For the pro-independence campaign, Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said: "Successful independent countries such as France, Germany, Finland and Austria all share a currency - and they are in charge of 100% of their tax revenues, as an independent Scotland would be.

"At present, under devolution, Scotland controls only 7% of our revenues."

Tonight at 22:00 on BBC Radio 5 Live, Mark Pougatch looks at how the outcome of the referendum could affect sport in Scotland.

He'll be joined by Michael Stewart, who won four caps for Scotland and played for both Hibs and Hearts, and Lynsey Sharp, below, who won silver for Scotland at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Both will reveal on air which campaign they are backing.

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Also taking part will be former first minister Henry McLeish, who wrote a report on the state of Scottish football.

You can listen to the programme here.

Watch the BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson give analysis on the decision by David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg to miss Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow so they can campaign in Scotland.

Alan Black: These are real desperate measures from Better Together. Nothing new offered. No cross party agreements on anything other than the 'promise to talk about things'. Scots remember the last time similar bribes were made to fool us into saying no to devolution. The result was not a single power granted followed by years of misery from Thatcher. We won't get fooled again.

Mark Watson: Alex Salmond is becoming increasingly smug and arrogant as we get closer to the 18th. His quarter truths and smear tactics aided by Murdoch seem to have chimed with some - this may be his undoing. He is acting like it's his country and no-one else is allowed a contrary opinion.

The Labour First Minister of Wales has called on Scots to resist the "siren call" of independence and the nationalists' "promise of a socialist utopia post-separation".

Carwyn Jones said some Labour voters could vote Yes in a bid to "break the shackles of a Tory-led Westminster government".

But he called on them to consider if "solidarity" could be achieved by Scotland "walking away from friends, neighbours and partners".

With just over a week to go until voters in Scotland decide if the country is to remain in the UK, Mr Jones travelled to Edinburgh to join the referendum campaign.

Brian Taylor
Political editor, Scotland

Symbolism all around.

Behind the three pro-Union Scottish party leaders, the Holyrood Parliament.

Beyond, in the distance, Calton Hill where they previously declared their joint support for more devolved power.

And the first minister?

On the steps of St Giles - the High Kirk, an iconic centre-piece in Scotland's long history, not least in 1637 when Jenny Geddes protested against the use of the Anglican prayer book by hurling a stool at the minister.

Read Brian's full blog.

Asked whether he thought that politicians whose personal approval ratings were so low could aid the campaign, Mr McDougall of Better Together said: "Politicians and political leaders come and go. This is about a constitutional settlement that should last for the next 300 years, just as our current one has abided for three centuries."

Leader of the Better Together campaign Blair McDougall told Newsdrive: "We are offering what the people of Scotland want.

"They want decisions made in Scotland but without taking the huge economic risks of leaving the UK.

"The package of powers has been set out long in advance. The party leaders in the spring came together around a broad consensus on tax and welfare. That has already been established.

"What we are doing is giving a clear timetable on how we will deliver on that promise."

Scottish government minister Derek MacKay, representing the Yes campaign, told BBC Scotland's Newsdrive programme he was not frightened by the prospect of pro-union party leaders David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg descending on Scotland to campaign for a No vote tomorrow.

"They happen to be some of the least trusted politicians in Scotland," he said.

"This is a panic. This is a reaction to the fact that the grassroots momentum in the Yes campaign has galvanised many of the people of Scotland.

"Cancelling Prime Minister's Questions is one thing, what we would rather they would cancel is the programme of austerity or the privatisation of the NHS."

The three main pro-union parties have said Scotland will get more powers if it votes No in the independence referendum, with a new fast-track timetable set out.

But the three parties have made different pledges on what those powers will be.

In brief

• Labour said MSPs should be able to vary tax by up to 15p, giving them the option of restoring the 50p rate for top earners. They would also be able to cut the 45p rate but only if the basic rate was cut as well.

• Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said Scotland should be given full income tax powers

• Under the Liberal Democrats' Scottish "home rule" vision, Holyrood would raise and spend most of its own taxes and borrow on its own terms.

David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband are making the biggest "blunder" yet of the pro-UK campaign by making a last minute trip to Scotland ahead of next week's independence referendum, First Minister Alex Salmond has said.

The SNP leader hit out after it was announced the Prime Minister and Labour leader are to miss Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow to come to Scotland in a bid to drum up support for the union.

The Scottish First Minister claimed: "The message of this extraordinary, last minute reaction is that the Westminster elite are in a state of absolute panic as the ground in Scotland shifts under their feet."

In a joint statement the Tory leader, the Labour leader and the Liberal Democrat leader said they wanted to be out "listening and talking to voters" about the choice they face on 18 September.

Here's a better picture of the Saltire being raised above UK Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office in the run-up to next week's referendum on independence.

The process was not without problems, with the Scottish flag initially making it part of the way up the flagpole before falling down.

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Eleanor Bradford
BBC Scotland Health Correspondent

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• In a series running up to polling day, I and my fellow BBC colleagues are looking at the major referendum questions and by using statistics, analysis and expert views shining a light on some of the possible answers.

• As well as the future of the NHS, other issues we have been looking at include Trident, Scottish economic growth, broadcasting, population, UK debt and how much Scotland sells to the rest of the UK.

Viv Rushworth: I am sickened and saddened by the actions of the Better Together campaign and the UK government regards the goalposts being shifted in this debate. Thousands of people have cast their postal vote on the information available to them at that time, only to learn of additional proposals now. Dirty tactics, dishonest campaigning. I personally feel my vote has been devalued. Shame on you.

Bob Dutnall: This wake up call from the politicians is certainly very late, but no-one really thought the Scottish people would be unwise enough to retreat into 'little Scotland', led by someone who is selling them snake oil (or crude oil in this case) that he doesn't have. The latest polls seem to show that they might, after all, be unwise enough to do this, although with over 20% undecided, the traditional Scottish canniness may yet emerge.

There are almost half a million English people in Scotland - and most of them want to remain in the union.

But polls suggest one in four will vote for Scottish independence, with some actively campaigning to end the union. The BBC's Vanessa Barford investigates.

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Glenn McAuley: 23% of Scots still don't know which way they will vote, despite the fact that the campaign has been running for two years. Yet Alex Salmond believes an independent Scotland would be the best educated country on the planet.

Andrew MacGregor: Why should I believe the promises of all three Westminster party leaders to bring in further powers for a devolved Scottish government after the 2015 general election given their record of broken manifesto commitments?

Scottish National Party MP Pete Wishart said Prime Minister David Cameron, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband were "fleeing" Westminster in a "blind panic" to campaign in Scotland tomorrow.

The trio announced in a joint statement they will be campaigning in Scotland for a No vote in the independence referendum, with Prime Minister's Questions now featuring Commons Leader William Hague and Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman.

MPs at the House of Commons heard that Speaker John Bercow was informed about the absence of the three leaders from tomorrow's PMQs session after a joint statement was issued at noon.

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have been criticised for not informing MPs about their proposals for further devolution for Scotland.

Speaker John Bercow insisted there is nothing to stop a government minister from making a statement to the House of Commons, as calls emerged for further information.

Conservative MP Christopher Chope said if the UK government was "genuinely keen" to share details with MPs then there was still time to do so today.