By Jason Douglas
LONDON--A poll Saturday showed a narrow lead for pro-U.K.
campaigners ahead of a vote Thursday on whether Scotland should
become an independent country.
The poll, conducted by Survation for the pro-U.K. Better
Together campaign, put support for maintaining the union at 47% and
independence at 41%. The remainder of the 1,023 people polled were
either undecided or refused to reveal their voting intention,
Survation said.
Recent polls have shown a pickup in support among Scots for
independence but most still put the pro-union "no" camp narrowly in
the lead.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron this week urged Scots to
reject independence, saying he would be "heartbroken" if the U.K.
was broken up.
Businesses, which have largely avoided straying into such a
sensitive political topic, this week also entered the fray. Lenders
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and Lloyds Banking Group PLC said
they planned to move their legal headquarters to England in the
event of a pro-independence "yes" vote.
Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond says Scotland would
be much better off if voters back independence and give Edinburgh
full control of Scottish taxes and economic policy.
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