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The SNP Government's record on delivering healthcare for Scots has been branded "shameful" in a stinging speech today by a senior Labour minister. ‌

Wes Streeting , the UK Health Secretary, compared the Scottish Nationalists to Reform UK in comments likely to infuriate members of John Swinney's Cabinet. ‌

The MP insisted Anas Sarwar could help revitalise Scotland's NHS despite the Scottish Labour leader's party trailing the SNP in the polls. ‌

Speaking at the Labour conference in Liverpool, Streeting said: "Whether it’s English nationalism with Reform, Scottish nationalism with the SNP or Welsh nationalism with Plaid, we’ll take them all on.

"With Anas in Scotland together we’ll rebuild the NHS as a British success story."

Streeting insisted Labour had a

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