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Wes Streeting denies ‘dystopian future’ over weight-loss jabs for jobless

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Wes Streeting denies ‘dystopian future’ over weight-loss jabs for jobless

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UK health secretary says unemployed people will not be ‘involuntarily jabbed’ to get them back to workWes Streeting has denied his plans to give new weight-loss jabs to the unemployed to help them back into work would result in a “dystopian future” where overweight people would be “involuntarily jabbed” if they were jobless.The UK health secretary acknowledged that weight-loss drugs were not, on their own, the answer to the nation’s obesity crisis after he suggested earlier this week that they could have a “monumental” impact on getting people working. Continue reading…

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/20/wes-streeting-denies-dystopian-future-over-weight-loss-jabs-for-jobless

Author : Pippa Crerar Political editor

Publish date : 2024-10-20 10:45:31

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