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Weight Loss Jabs for Jobs?
Today, could weight loss drugs be used to help unemployed people get back to work? In an interview outside Number 10, The PM has told Henry that weight loss jabs would be “very helpful” to people who want to lose weight. It follows comments from the Health Secretary Wes Streeting that jabs could be given to help people get back into work. Adam speaks to Henry about his interview with the prime minister. Plus, Professor Giles Yeo, a geneticist at the University of Cambridge, and Katherine Jenner, director of the Obesity Healthy Alliance join Adam to discuss whether the approach to getting people back into employment could work. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Anna Harris and Gemma Roper. The technical producers were Jonny Hall and Ricardo McCarthy. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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