Anas Sarwar vows to save NHS 'broken by the SNP'

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Anas Sarwar vows to save NHS 'broken by the SNP'
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The Scottish Labour leader says his party would cut waiting times and increase access to GPs.

Anas Sarwar has accused the SNP of "breaking" the NHS as he set out Labour's plans for the health service, should the party win the general election.

"SNP first minister after SNP first minister, SNP health secretary after SNP health secretary should hang their heads in shame for breaking something so precious to us all." He said the "first priority" of a Labour government would be to tackle waiting lists, with plans to deliver millions every year in funding for Scotland.Elsewhere on the campaign trail, Scottish Conservative Party chairman Craig Hoy pledged to fight for the "permanent removal" of export tariffs on sales of Scotch whisky to the US.

She announced the party would put tackling climate change "at the heart of a new industrial strategy" and would "seize the economic opportunities of net zero now".

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