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<p>The two leaders in Scotland&#8217;s independence debate have clashed over the issues of currency, energy and the health service in a TV debate.<br />
Scots go to the polls on September 18 to say whether or not they want to become independent from the rest of the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Alex Salmond and the leader of the Better Together Campaign Alistair Darling were using the head-to-head debate to win over undecided voters ahead of the referendum.<br />
Alistair Darling said it was in the best interests of future generations if Scotland stayed within the UK.<br />
Mr Salmond won the key television debate, a snap poll found afterwards.</p>
<p>Research by ICM for the Guardian newspaper showed 71% of people questioned thought the Scottish First Minister had been the better performer in the BBC clash, compared to 29% for Alistair Darling.<br />
A similar survey after the first head-to-head debate between the two men last month suggested the former chancellor had scored a narrow victory over the SNP leader.</p>
<p>In both televised debates, the issue of which currency an independent Scotland would use was at the heart of the arguments.<br />
Mr Darling again repeatedly pressed the First Minister to set out his plan B for a currency if a formal deal could not be agreed with the rest of the UK to allow an independent Scotland to retain the pound.</p>
<p>But the former chancellor appeared to accept that Scotland could use the pound regardless of whether Westminster signed up to such an arrangement.<br />
He said: “Of course we can use the pound&#8230;we could use the ruble, we could use the dollar, we could use the yen. We could use anything we want.”</p>
<p>Mr Salmond said: “The key point we have heard tonight is that Alistair admitted a few seconds ago we could use the pound anyway. We didn’t need permission.<br />
“Totally different from what the Chancellor of the Exchequer said a few months ago, when he said, if you walk out of the UK, you walk out of the pound.<br />
“Remember that, we have heard it tonight. They cannot stop us using the pound, the most important revelation of this debate.”</p>
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