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19/08/2013 GMT

Britain's Former Chancellor, Alistair Darling

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Britain's Former Chancellor, Alistair Darling

The UK seems to be showing signs of an economic recovery. What has caused it?

Britain’s former Chancellor Alistair Darling on the UK's economic recovery. And can he stop Scotland voting to leave the United Kingdom next year?

After almost three years of scraping along the bottom, the United Kingdom seems to be showing signs of an economic recovery from the deep recession that followed the financial crisis in 2008-09.  Hardtalk is in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, to talk to Britain’s former Chancellor Alistair Darling. His Labour Party was in charge when the crisis hit. Can he admit that the government’s economic plans might be working? And can he stop Scotland voting to leave the United Kingdom next year, as he takes charge of the No To Independence campaign?

Picture: Alistair Darling, Credit:  Oli Scarff/Getty Images

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