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Keir Starmer announces plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools

Labour leader hits out at ‘nanny state’ criticism as he attacks Tory record on child health

Keir Starmer has said he is “up for the fight” of defending the “nanny state” as he announced plans to improve child health under a Labour government, including supervised toothbrushing in schools.

The Labour leader said that children were “probably the biggest casualty” of the Tories’ sticking-plaster approach to politics over the past 14 years, adding that, if the government were a parent, they could be charged with neglect.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Labour leader hits out at ‘nanny state’ criticism as he attacks Tory record on child healthKeir Starmer has said he is “up for the fight” of defending the “nanny state” as he announced plans to improve child health under a Labour government, including supervised toothbrushing in schools.The Labour leader said that children were “probably the biggest casualty” of the Tories’ sticking-plaster approach to politics over the past 14 years, adding that, if the government were a parent, they could be charged with neglect. Continue reading…