SNP 'Can Make Scotland Be Heard'

Nicola Sturgeon has urged voters from the four corners of Scotland to unite around the SNP to make our voice heard like never before''.

The First Minister will today make campaign stops in East Lothian, Dundee and Fife as she takes the SNP's message to communities around the country.

She said the SNP will look to build alliances with progressive voices from across the UK to end austerity and protect the NHS.

Speaking ahead of her tour, Ms Sturgeon said: If the opinion polls in recent days have made anything clear, it is that Scotland has an unrivalled opportunity to make our voice heard at Westminster like never before.

By uniting as a country - north, south, east and west - to elect a big group of SNP MPs, Scotland gains the decisive position at Westminster needed to ensure that the interests of people across Scotland are not ignored in the way they too often have been in the past.

Everyone can be part of it, and all of Scotland stands to benefit.''