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Nicola Sturgeon targeted voters both north and south of the border as she launched the SNP election manifesto in Edinburgh yesterday.
Dubbed Stronger For Scotland the manifesto proposes a “modest” public spending increase of 0.5 per cent a year and is a “manifesto above all else to end austerity,” she said.
She also argued that taking a “slightly slower path to eliminating the deficit” would allow at least £140 billion extra to be invested across Britain on infrastructure and public services.
This would mean an additional £9.5bn in NHS spending above inflation by 2020/21, delivering a total increase for NHS Scotland of £2bn.
The SNP manifesto also supports a increase in the minimum wage to £8.70 by 2020, a mansion tax and the restoration of the 50p top-income tax rate for those earning over £150,000.
“The SNP isn’t going to Westminster to seek to bring down governments or block budgets,” said Ms Sturgeon.
“We’re going to Westminster to build an alliance for good, positive, progressive, sensible change.
