Labour‘s plan for free weight loss jabs on the NHS faces a backlash from taxpayers who believe patients should buy them privately, a poll suggests.
Health secretary Wes Streeting has backed the prescribing of the drugs to obese patients in the hope it can tackle the nation’s bulging waistlines.
But the public is largely opposed to the move at a time when the NHS – despite receiving record levels of funding – is routinely missing targets for cancer, ambulances and waiting lists.
