INDEPENDENCE would cost thousands of jobs, with a knock on cost to the Scottish economy of £8 billion, according to the Better Together campaign.
Campaign leader, Alistair Darling said research showed a quarter of a million jobs depend on UK cross border trade.
He said independence posed risks to jobs that did not need to be taken.
Mr Darling said:"The access to the single market of 63 million people in the UK rather than just 5m in Scotland is good for Scottish jobs.
"Where is the sense in putting up barriers between Scottish firms and their customers in the rest of the UK?
"Breaking up the UK single market could cost the Scottish economy £8bn, risking thousands of jobs.
"We don't have to take that risk. We can keep the UK single market open for business and protect Scottish jobs by saying 'no thanks' to separation this September."
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