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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Farage endangering women by failing to condemn paracetamol claims, says Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson said Labour had to be ‘firmer in our approach’ to countering announcements by Reform. Photograph: James McCauley/Getty Images

Nigel Farage is “endangering women’s health” by failing to condemn Donald Trump’s claims that using paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism, Bridget Phillipson has said.

The education secretary and minister for women said she had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy, and she warned that Reform’s connections with medical conspiracy theories including anti-vaccine rhetoric made the party a danger to public health.

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