Nick Clegg warned Scots not to be “bamboozled” by Alex Salmond into voting for ­independence

The Deputy Prime Minister said voters should not believe a referendum is the only choice between winning greater powers and the current constitutional status quo.

Mr Clegg said the UK Government’s Scotland Bill making its way through Westminster already represented the biggest transfer of financial powers from Westminster to Edinburgh in the three centuries since the Act of Union.

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And he said Liberal Democrats want to go even further with greater devolution of powers.

His comments came after Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed he will meet Alex Salmond for summit talks on the referendum.

Answering questions following a speech on the economy in London, Mr Clegg said: “I believe the choice is not between independence or nothing, it is between independence and continued devolution.