SNP joins opposition to National Insurance hike

Scottish Nationalist leader Alex Salmond borrowed the language of the Tories to describe the hike, calling it a "tax on jobs". Salmond's opposition to the 1% increase - a key part of the Government's policy going into the Election - could unsettle Labour's economic plans in the event of a Hung Parliament. The SNP leader - who is standing down from Westminster at the election - says a Hung Parliament would be the "best thing for the people across these islands". However, Salmond pledged the SNP would not enter a coalition with any of the main UK parties as it had "fundamentally diff...