SNP would back 'progressive alliance' in event of hung parliament

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However there was no timetable in the manifesto yesterday, prompting speculation the SNP leader was sidelining her plan after Mrs May insisted "now is not the time" for a new vote.

Ms Sturgeon said being taken out of the European Union and the single market would put 80,000 jobs in Scotland at risk and would pose "a real danger to our farmers and fisherman, our universities, our food and drink businesses, to nearly every sector of our economy".

The party has already set out a number of pledges, including a promise to retain the triple lock on pensions and an "anti-austerity plan" for additional investment in public services.

SNP MPs will support moves over the next Parliament to increase the Minimum Wage to the level of the real Living Wage.

When asked by STV News if the First Minister should be part of the formal Brexit talks, Rennie replied: "If she is inside then she can cause as much trouble as she does on the outside - that is what Nicola Sturgeon is about".

She said: "Our future must be decided by us, not for us".

"Now is not the time because what we need to be doing now as we face this historical moment as we need to get the Brexit negotiations right, what we need to do is to be working together and not pulling apart".

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"But the key point of principle for me is clarity at the end of the process which allows people to make a genuinely informed choice about the future of our country".

She told supporters: "Let's be clear - Labour isn't strong enough to do that".

The poll found 43% of decided voters meant to vote for the party (a drop from 50% in 2015), while 25% planned to vote for the Conservatives and 25% for Labour. "In this election, it is vital that we strengthen Scotland's hand, not Theresa May's".

But speaking ahead of the launch of the document in Perth, Ms Sturgeon emphasised the likelihood of a Tory victory, despite a narrowing of the polls with Labour. "Nobody is fooled any more".

The SNP also gave its support to increasing the top rate of tax across the United Kingdom from 45p to 50p, alongside plans to increase the "real living wage" to just over £10 an hour by the end of the next parliament, as part of a "three-point plan to tackle poverty and inequality".

The SNP makes clear that it believes the biggest danger to the health of the Scottish economy is the threat of a hard Brexit.

"I was probably the only unionist protestant who was marrying an Irish catholic that they could find to advocate gay marriage", she said. "Jeremy Corbyn is not".

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