article_snippet: Speaking to 3,000 delegates Ms Sturgeon also put forward policies which would increase public spending, including an end to austerity, a rise in the minimum wage, and increased payouts to youngsters who stay on at school past the age of 16.
article_snippet: So in the interests of total clarity, let me make this promise today.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon also set out Ms Sturgeon goal of making Scotland a 'Living Wage nation', with a target of having 500 companies paying this to 500 companies workers in the next 12 months.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon also announced a new fund of £20 million would be set up in Scotland in a bid to tackle violence against women.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon also talked of offering 'the hand of friendship' to the rest of the UK after the bitter independence battle of last year.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon was eager to work with 'like-minded' parties throughout the country.
article_snippet: Ms Sturgeon added: 'To people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, I make this promise.
article_snippet: In an effort to put the bitter campaigning of the independence referendum behind her, her said her was 'extending the hand of friendship' to the rest of the UK, while still advocating Scottish independence . '