DAVID Cameron will next month use a major speech on Scottish independence to call on the English, Welsh and Northern Irish to urge Scots to reject independence.
The Prime Minister will call on other parts of the UK to 'lovebomb' Scotland with the message as it gets closer to voting day.
The intervention follows Mr Cameron's plea last week for Scots to "stay in this family".
But it is expected to lead to renewed calls for the Conservative party leader to take part in a televised debate on the issue with First Minister Alex Salmond.
No 10 has ruled out such an event saying that independence is an issue that should be debated among Scots.
Yesterday Mr Cameron told an influential House of Commons committee: "It's very important that everyone in the rest of the United Kingdom emphasises how much we benefit from Scotland staying in the United Kingdom.
He also discussed what he said were the security implications of independence.
"I profoundly believe we are more secure together as well as more prosperous and all the rest of it.
"Scotland makes an enormous contribution to the UK's defence," he added.
A spokesman for the First Minister said: "Once again David Cameron is wading in to the debate on Scotland's future while at the same time running away from a head to head debate with the First Minister."
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