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In British News State mandated brushing your teeth- Starmer to embrace ‘nanny state’ with plan for toothbrushing in schools
Austerity is why British people can't brush they teeth
Austerity is why British people can't brush they teeth
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.
“I know that we need to take on this question of the nanny state,” he told reporters ahead of a visit to a children’s hospital. “The moment you do anything on child health, people say ‘you’re going down the road of the nanny state.’ We want to have that fight.”
Writing for the Guardian, Starmer added: “More children are becoming unhealthy, with two in every five leaving primary school overweight. But most damning of all, the number one reason for young children being admitted to hospital is to extract rotten teeth – because it is so difficult to get NHS dental treatment before tooth decay sets in.