Speaking about the nature of the campaign, Douglas Alexander said: "This campaign has both energised Scotland and it has divided Scotland. There's a heavy burden of responsibility on everyone involved in this campaign to conduct ourselves in a manner that means on Friday morning, whatever the result, we can bring Scotland together and we can move Scotland forward. I hope that is an approach that will be taken by everybody."

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Mr Darling told BBC Scotland: "You can have a stronger, more secure Scottish Parliament.

"Why on earth break up the entire thing? If we vote to leave, if it all goes wrong, we can't go back."

More than six out of 10 people in England and Wales believe the UK government should not enter into a currency union with an independent Scotland, according to a poll in the Guardian, external.

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The poll also finds that 56% of those who responded would be "saddened" if Scotland votes to be independent.

Labour MP Douglas Alexander has dismissed Yes campaign claims that independence is the only way to get the government Scotland votes for.

On BBC Breakfast he said: "I've got two governments that I didn't vote for and didn't support. I've got a Scottish National Party government in Edinburgh and I've got a Conservative-Liberal government in Westminster. So the only way you always get the government you vote for is in a one-party state and I don't think anybody is recommending that."

Alistair Darling, campaign leader of Better Together, has been speaking about the NHS this morning.

He told Good Morning Scotland: "What we are saying is if we vote No, work will start on Friday morning on increased powers, particularly to raise additional funds.

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"You can have a stronger more secure health service if we vote No.

"The Scottish Parliament has the power to spend money, it will have the power to raise additional money, it can borrow more."

Ms Sturgeon added: "They [the pro-Union parties] are treating voters in Scotland with contempt."

Asked if a "Yes" vote guarantees "better lives" for people in Scotland, she replied: "Independence is not a magic wand, but it is a massive opportunity.

"We can make life better, not overnight, but over time."

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been responding to the offer of new powers put forward by the pro-Union parties.

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Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Ms Sturgeon said: "If there was a serious intention to deliver more powers, why hasn't that happened before now?

"Tory MPs, including Christopher Chope, have already said they would block more powers. If we vote No, there are no guarantees at all."

Asked if the move smacks of panic, Mr Alexander told BBC Breakfast: "I don't think there's any embarrassment about placing policies on the front page of papers with just days two go.

"I think the 'Yes' campaign are struggling. They had an avalanche of facts engulfed in assertions last week when it was announced every major Scottish bank would move their registered office to London.

"The economic risks suddenly became very real last week, and at the same time we are offering what I believe most of us here in Scotland want which is faster, safer and better change."

"That pledge, that vow that we can have faster, safer, better change is actually a vision around which Scotland can unite," he adds.

Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander has denied the powers pledge made by the pro-Union parties has come too late in the referendum debate.

Mr Alexander told the BBC: "Here in Scotland, we have been talking about these powers for many months. What we are saying today is we can have the best of both worlds. We can have a stronger Scottish parliament but with the strength, stability and security of the United Kingdom."

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The Yes campaign claims the offer of further devolution signed up to by the leaders of all three main Westminster parties would give Scotland the power to raise only 30% of its taxes.

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Iain Watson
Political correspondent, BBC News

The problem all along, and this is what people would tell you privately in the "No" campaign, is that there is a very sharp argument between independence and all the risks it brings and staying with the UK.

What they didn't do early enough, some of them would say, is put forward the alternative. They came up with a phrase which they used back in June when they said '"No" doesn't mean no change'. But they weren't clear what the change would actually be.

Now they are emphasising it, now it's on the front page of a tabloid and some people think perhaps they've left this a little bit too late. And certainly it's quite difficult if you're using complicated arguments to get through to people who are first time voters, 16-year-olds, who have never voted in their life before.

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With the referendum just two days away, the world's media is intensifying its gaze on Scotland.

At the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, preparations are under way to host hundreds of journalists and news crews from around the globe.

A broadcast village with flood lights and scaffolding two storeys high has been erected in the grounds around Holyrood. From here, reporters will broadcast live.

Calum Kerr, of Yes Scotland Borders, told Good Morning Scotland: "Bit by bit I have become massively involved. It's people that have never been interested in politics, they see a genuine opportunity for change.

"It's a different challenge here, the proximity of the border adds an intensity.

"A girl said we rely on England - the Morrisons is just across the border. You will still be able to go there."

Scotland's desire for political and economic change has been heard and will be delivered, Ed Miliband will promise today.

The Labour leader will insist a "vote for 'No' is a vote for change".

Meanwhile, rival campaigners will argue independence would bring either a "golden opportunity" or "separation and risk".

With just 48 hours until voters go to the polls, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary John Swinney will be talking to apprentices in Renfrew.

Liberal Democrat MPs Charles Kennedy and Danny Alexander will be joined by MSP Willie Rennie to highlight "the positive things that Scotland and the UK have achieved together".

Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander will be campaigning in Edinburgh's financial district.

Good Morning Scotland has been speaking to campaigners in the Scottish Borders on both sides of the independence debate.

Michelle Ballantye, for Better Together, told BBC Scotland: "I think it's a bit of a nonsense we need to be independent to be fairer.

"I think the Borders has a strong sense of being part of the UK. Our sense of connection is very strong."

The leaders of the three main Westminster parties have signed a pledge to devolve more powers to Scotland if there's a No vote.

The pledge has been signed by David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg and appears on the front of the Daily Record newspaper.

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It includes promises of "extensive new powers" for the Scottish Parliament.

Prime Minister David Cameron has denied the move is a panic measure.

He said: "I always said right from the start of this campaign, if Scotland voted 'No' to separation, the rest of the United Kingdom would say 'Yes' to further devolution.

"If Scotland wants more devolution - and I think Scotland should have more devolution - you have to answer the prior question 'Do you want to stay in the United Kingdom?'

"And of course that wasn't just my view; that was the view of the leaders of other United Kingdom parties who all thought it was important. Let's settle the question of separation and then look at devolution."