Better Together leader Alistair Darling has told Sky News that "every voter... can tip the balance" when Scotland votes on independence later this month.
His comments come after a YouGov poll commissioned by The Sunday Times suggested the Yes camp now leads the race by 51% to 49%.
But Mr Darling said Scotland will benefit from staying in the United Kingdom, adding there would be "no going back" if the Yes vote is victorious on September 18.
"What's clear now... is that every voter in Scotland can tip the balance in this referendum," Mr Darling said.
The results are evidence of a dramatic surge for the Yes campaign "Remember this isn't a protest vote. If we decide to leave, there's no going back. This is forever.
"I believe passionately that we can build a much better future for Scotland by remaining in the United Kingdom.
"The risks of independence for families, for our country, are real and I would rather build a better future for Scotland by staying in the UK."
The poll means the Yes campaign has overturned a 22-point lead for the Better Together campaign within the past month.
Opposing supporters carry banners in East Kilbride Scotland's Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the poll results are encouraging, but insisted there was "not a hint of complacency" in the Yes camp.
"It's a very encouraging poll and it reflects what we are finding on the ground in the campaign across the country."
"We have got a lot of work still to do. There's not a hint of complacency in the Yes campaign."
She said the offer of more powers for Holyrood in the event of a No vote was a "panic move" by those against independence.
The YouGov poll was commissioned by the Sunday Times Chancellor George Osborne has said an action plan will be unveiled in the next few days to give more powers to Scotland if it remained part of the UK.
The Chancellor said it was "clear" Scotland wanted more autonomy and the Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats had agreed to "deliver" on that.
"You will see in the next few days a plan of action to give more powers to Scotland. More tax powers, more spending powers, more plans for powers over the welfare state," he said.
And Mr Osborne repeated the warning that an independent Scotland would not be able to share the pound.
"No ifs, no buts. We will not share the pound if Scotland separates from the rest of the UK," he said.
In an interview for Sky's Murnaghan programme, former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown made another appeal for a successful No vote.
"I think it's about two visions of Scotland's future, different from the future that might have been predicted a few years ago," Mr Brown said.
"The first is obviously the nationalists, who want to break entirely with the United Kingdom and break all connections.
"The second is what I would call the patriotic vision of Scotland's future, my vision.
"I want a Scottish Parliament, I want stronger powers, and therefore I want change to make it stronger, but I also want to share our resources with the rest of the United Kingdom."
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