What would happen to the rest of Britain?

While voters in Scotland have been told many times what the speaker thinks will happen to them should they choose to leave the UK on 18^th September, not nearly as much information has been passed on to the rest of the UK.

MSN News details eight changes that could happen to the rest of the UK if Scotland votes yes.

Scottish independence: best pics from the Yes and No campaigns

Scottish independence

Keeping Scotland as part of the United Kingdom appeared a piece of cake not so long ago.

With little more than a month to go until the official public vote, the Better Together campaign remained comfortably ahead in the opinion polls.

But a clear swing appears to have occured in recent weeks to shift a majority of support behind the Yes campaign’s bid for permanent separation and threaten a constitutional crisis for the UK.

As the referendum battle goes down to the wire and Scots prepare to decide their country’s fate, we trace the key moments in the race to decide Scotland’s future