SNP's Nicola Sturgeon: Relax austerity and "free up 拢180bn"
Leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, told Today she thinks austerity measures under a Conservative government have failed.
Scotland's First Minister said she would persuade a Labour government to take a more moderate approach to managing the economy:
"If, over the life of the next parliament, we were to allow modest, responsible, increases in public spending, say 0.5% in real terms, then debt and deficit would still be falling, but we would free up 拢180bn to invest in infrastructure".
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