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

UK health secretary says unemployed people will not be ‘involuntarily jabbed’ to get them back to work

Wes 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… The Guardian Read More 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…