Nicola Sturgeon lays out demands for potential Labour-SNP deal

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SNP leader, and Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon Credit: PA

SNP leader, and Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon is speaking in London, setting out her party's demands for supporting Labour after May - should Ed Miliband fail to win a majority.

These are the demands contained in her speech:

  • Greater investment in North Sea oil and gas

  • A rise in the work allowance (the point at which benefits are reduced when starting work

  • Scrapping the renewal of Trident nuclear missile system

  • Seversing planned spending cuts, instead a increase in spending of 0.5% (worth £180 billion over duration of Parliament)

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