article_snippet: the SNP will force Ed Miliband to abandon planned spending cuts from Labour's very first budget if the party holds the balance of power after the election, Alex Salmond said today.
article_snippet: Former Scottish First Minister said the party would demand an end to austerity – with billions of pounds more borrowing and debt – as the price of propping Ed Miliband up in power.
article_snippet: the SNP will force Ed Miliband to abandon planned spending cuts from Labour's very first budget if the party holds the balance of power after the election, Alex Salmond said today .
article_snippet: Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy said the SNP would have 'no bargaining chips' to control a minority government headed by Ed Miliband as the SNP had already ruled out working with the Tories .
article_snippet: Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy said the SNP the SNP would have 'no bargaining chips' to control a minority government headed by Ed Miliband as the SNP had already ruled out working with the Tories.
highlights_snippet: all 'the power'
  Former Scottish First Minister said the SNP would force Labour to abandon austerity after the election .
  