Scottish council election: SNP manifesto at-a-glance

<bold>The SNP council election manifesto has pledged to put jobs and families across Scotland at the forefront of its campaign.</bold>

<bold>The party also</bold> <bold> wants to win more seats and councillors than any other party.</bold>

<bold>Here is a look at the main policies:</bold>

  • Build 5,000 council houses.

  • "Maintain momentum" on projects to help cities compete internationally.

  • Keep small business bonus scheme.

  • Work with Scottish government to re-channel pension fund billions, currently invested beyond Scotland, into infrastructure projects.

  • Transparency in council contract awards.

  • Develop individual social enterprise strategies.

  • Grow tourism by working with private and public sector groups.

  • Guarantee learning or training opportunity to every 16 to 19-year-old.

  • Maintain teacher numbers in line with pupil numbers and secure places for all probationers under the teacher induction scheme.

  • Freeze council tax until 2016.

  • Every three and four-year-old and every looked-after two-year-old child to get legal entitlement to at least 600 hours of pre-school education per year.

  • Introduce the living wage by April 2013.