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ED Miliband yesterday revealed he’s going to set up camp in Scotland in the run-up to September 18.

The Labour leader said he would base himself north of the Border for the final push as he declared that winning the independence referendum was his No1 priority.

Miliband will be putting in the shoe leather on Scotland’s streets to tell voters what a Labour government at Westminster would do for them.

Speaking to the Daily Record aboard his party’s battle bus, he insisted he was on course to become prime minister next year and said Scots could vote No without fear of another five years of Tory rule.

It comes after a survey for the Record showed the pivotal role Labour supporters could play in the referendum.

The Survation poll found the No campaign were ahead by 53 per cent to 47 per cent – but that switched to 54 per cent to 46 per cent in favour of Yes if voters were certain that David Cameron would remain PM.

Miliband said: “Scotland is 10 months away from a Labour government, which will make dealing with low pay and inequality a priority, not cutting corporation tax as the SNP want to.

“That’s why I’m here showing what we are planning for a Labour government and showing what a Labour government are going to do.

“I’m going to be here a lot in the next 12 weeks. There is no bigger priority.

“The referendum is front and centre because it is an incredibly important question for the whole of the UK.”

Miliband’s move to base himself in Scotland will also take the sting out of SNP accusations that UK political leaders just “fly in and out” during the campaign.

The Labour leader made two speeches and several campaign stops during a lightning tour that took him from Edinburgh to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, yesterday.

He urged Scots to join him in a mission to change Britain for good with a radical Labour agenda and promised to devolve more powers to the Scottish Parliament.

Miliband said: “I don’t even want to countenance being prime minister without Scotland.

“Forget power, forget what it means for the Labour Party.

“For the character of Britain, our society, our economy, our culture would be so much worse off without Scotland, never mind that Scotland would be worse off outside the UK.

“I want us to win the referendum.

“I’m absolutely part of this fight, because I think it’s an incredibly important fight.”