article: Ed Miliband has dismissed claims he would be held to ransom by the SNP as Prime Minister – insisting 'that ain't going to happen'. The Labour leader insisted SNP MPs would not be able to dictate policy, even if he fails to win a majority and is reliant on them to stay in Number 10. It comes after the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this morning said Labour could only govern with the support of the SNP – and laid out what the party must do to get it. Scroll down for video . The Labour leader - interviewed by the BBC's Evan Davis - insisted SNP MPs would not be able to dictate policy, even if he fails to win a majority and is reliant on them to stay in Number 10 . Unveiling the party's manifesto in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon demanded an end to government cuts, higher welfare spending and big hikes in the minimum wage in return for propping up a Labour government. But speaking to the BBC tonight, Mr Miliband rejected claims the SNP would be 'calling the shots' if Labour did not have a majority. The Labour leader: 'That ain't gonna happen. That ain't gonna happen.' Ed Miliband has dismissed claims he would be held to ransom by the SNP as Prime Minister – insisting 'that ain't going to happen' Mr Miliband's remarks come after the Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this morning said Labour could only govern with the support of the SNP – and laid out what the party must do to get it . Ed Miliband refused to admit he had got it wrong over the past five years about jobs, crime and the effect of tuition fees. The Labour leader confidently predicted that austerity would see unemployment soar, crime rise and the number of poor students going to university fall. But, in each case, the opposite has happened. Mr Miliband was challenged over Mr Balls’ comment four years ago that it was fantasy to think we’d get job growth with all the cuts being made in the public sector. In fact, presenter Evan Davis pointed out that the number of jobs has increased by around two million – ‘about a thousand a day’. After at first not answering the question, the Labour leader was forced to accept: ‘The number of jobs has gone up.’ On crime, Mr Davis quoted shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper who said earlier this Parliament that the cuts are ‘risking public safety and the fight against crime’. When asked what had happened to crime, Mr Miliband eventually replied: ‘Certain areas of crime have gone down; certain areas of crime have gone up.’ In fact, Mr Davies pointed out, the crime survey of England and Wales showed it was at its lowest level since 1981. The presenter then moved on to the hike in tuition fees, quoting Chuka Umunna saying in 2010: ‘How can these proposals do other than deter people from poor backgrounds from going to university?’ In fact, the number has increased by around a third, Mr Davis said. Following repeated questioning, he admitted: ‘There are some – there are some more people going to university from different backgrounds.’ He said his party’s judgement had not been wrong on the issue, saying: ‘No, it wasn’t.’ But Mr Davis asked: ‘On issues about jobs, crime, social mobility, comments, predictions made by people in your team turn out to have been wrong. These are important areas. ‘These are not minor quibbles are they? These are huge issues that have had a large part to play in the last five years.’ The Labour leader replied: ‘I don’t think that’s a judgement that people are going to make at the election.’ When asked whether the SNP would be able to tell Labour which measures it could introduce he replied: 'They're not going to tell us, they're not going to tell us. Look, I'm very clear about that.' He refused to say whether the party with the largest number of seats should get first chance to form a government. It comes amid a flurry of polls suggesting that the Tories will finish as the largest party, but fall short of having enough MPs – even with Lib Dem support – to form a Coalition government. This would leave the Labour Party in pole position to try to form a minority government with the support of the SNP. Mr Miliband, speaking to the BBC's Evan Davis tonight, refused to be drawn on the what he would do in the event of another hung parliament where no party has enough MPs to form a majority on its own. He said: 'I'm not going to get into post election speculation.' He added: It's for people in the House of Commons to decide how they vote on measures put before the House of Common and that will be the case after the election.' In the interview Mr Miliband also took 'full responsibility' for Labour's poor polling in Scotland – with experts predicting that the party is on course to lose 40 MPs north of the border. Mr Miliband also refused to say how much a Labour-led government would be borrowing by the end of the next parliament. He said: 'The way you get credibility is not by picking out an arbitrary number today in six years' time.' But the Labour leader insisted he did not agree with Ms Sturgeon who has called for increases in government spending and an end to cuts regardless of the deficit. It came after Ms Sturgeon released her 'ransom note' of policies which she would demand in exchange for putting Mr Miliband in power. The SNP and Labour manifestos both commit to re-introducing the 50p top rate of tax, scrapping the bedroom tax and beefing up the energy regulator to drive down family bills. Ms Sturgeon also pledged to help Labour reduce tuition fees by £3,000 to £6,000 a year – even though Scotland has already scrapped student fees. However, at least one big stumbling block remains to a deal between the two parties – Britain's nuclear deterrent. Ms Sturgeon re-stated the SNP's opposition to renewing Trident. The manifesto states: 'A vote for the SNP is a vote to halt progress on Trident renewal, delivering a saving of £100 billion over the next 35 years.' However, Labour have pledged not to make any deal over nuclear weapons and are committed to maintaining a 'minimum, credible, independent nuclear capability'. The Tories said the SNP manifesto was Mr Sturgeon's 'ransom note' to Labour and would result in higher government borrowing and tax increases in England. A spokesman pointed to the SNP manifesto commitment to increase spending. Unveiling the party's manifesto in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon demanded an end to government cuts, higher welfare spending and big hikes in the minimum wage in return for propping up a Labour government . Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon this morning said Labour could only govern with the support of the SNP – and laid out what the party must do to get it . The manifesto states: 'SNP MPs will demand an end to austerity. We oppose further spending cuts and propose modest spending increases - of 0.5 per cent above inflation - in each year of the next Parliament. Under our plan, the deficit will still reduce each year, but there will be at least an additional £140 billion across the UK.' The Tories said this meant £148 billion in extra government borrowing and insisted Labour would have to bow down to the SNP demands to stay in power. Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has insisted Scotland can 'call the tune' in the next Parliament. In last week's TV debate, Ms Sturgeon said: 'The polls will show that Ed isn't strong enough to get rid of the Tories on his own. 'What I say to Ed is I want to replace the Tories with something different and something better, something more progressive.'
highlights: The Labour leader insists SNP MPs will not be able to dictate policy .
  Insisted the SNP would not 'call the shots' if there was a hung parliament .
  Comes after Nicola Sturgeon  said he could only govern with SNP support .
  She promised to use SNP influence to increase government spending .
  Mr Miliband also accepted his doom-laden claims about jobs were wrong .
  Before the recent jobs boom he said millions would be put on the dole .
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