Scottish independence campaign to distribute 1m leaflets Alex Salmond has set the yes campaign a target of getting one million supporters. Photograph: Ken Jack/Demotix/Corbis The pro-independence campaign in Scotland is to distribute one million leaflets claiming that every Scottish family will be £1,000 better off under independence. The leaflets from Yes Scotland will be handed over to activists at the Scottish National party's annual conference in Perth on Saturday, for use during street and doorstep campaigning. The one million figure has a particularly strong resonance for Yes Scotland: Alex Salmond set the campaign a target of getting one million supporters when he launched the campaign this year. So far 100,000 people have signed up. The pro-UK Better Together and Friends of the Union campaigns claim they have each signed up 50,000 supporters. Senior figures in the cross-party yes campaign and the SNP concede they have a significant battle ahead to persuade reluctant voters to support independence. They say many voters are still ignorant of basic economic and political facts about Scotland's relative wealth, and believe that focusing voters' minds on the benefits of independence will reserve the decline in support. Recent opinion polls show support for independence falling to 30%, and some have a 25-point gulf between yes and no. SNP polling based on the claim that each family would be better off by £1,000 found that 45% of Scots would be likely to vote yes, and 36%. The leaflets, which state that independence will lead to a "greener, fairer and more prosperous society," asserts: "Scotland is in a stronger financial position than the rest of the UK by £1,000 for each Scottish household. That's because we generate 9.6% of UK taxes but receive just 9.3% of UK spending. This will give us firm financial foundations as an independent country. Better Together has accused both the SNP and Yes Scotland of twisting the figures on UK government spending. It said the the pro-independence movement's claims were based on data from 2010, when Scotland's tax take was relatively high. Other analysis shows that in seven out of the last 13 years Scotland spent more than it raised. The Yes Scotland leaflet says Scotland has "vast resources" and "untapped talent," with oil and gas revenues that could total £1tn, and holds out the promise that removing Trident nuclear submarines would save Scottish taxpayers £250m a year.