Keir Starmer signals the introduction of further 'nanny state measures' to prevent ill health - as PM commits to supervised toothbrushing for young children

 Sir Keir Starmer has signalled that he will bring in further ‘nanny state’ measures to help prevent ill health.

The Prime Minister gave the example of teaching children to brush their teeth as he suggested he could introduce more interventionist policies.

He was also asked about the smoking ban he is planning to introduce, with further suggested measures such as banning smoking in beer gardens.

Asked if he was looking at taxing ultra-processed foods, or the salt and sugar content in products or increasing labelling to improve the public’s health, he did not directly respond.

But he cited the example of supervised tooth brushing before saying there were ‘other things that we will put out there for consultation’....<<<Read More>>>...