Keir Starmer ready to face down ‘nanny state’ jibes in radical public health drive
Junk food ad ban, age limit on energy drinks and expanded water fluoridation among measures planned to help NHS. Plans to ban junk food ads and to stop children buying high-caffeine energy drinks are among radical public health measures being drawn up by ministers to prevent illness and so ease pressure on the NHS. The government made clear it would face down “predictable cries of ‘nanny state’” because Keir Starmer was convinced this was the way to fix the service.
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