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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Callum Conway-Shaw

Starmer Denies Plan for Toothbrushing In Schools Is 'Nanny State' Politics

Starmer contrasted Labour’s approach to that of Conservatives, arguing that they had overseen 14 years of “tooth decay, stunted growth and stalling life expectancy”. (Credit: AFP News)

The Labour leader announced that his party aims to tackle child health head-on, with an action plan including supervised tooth-brushing for three to five-year-olds in schools.

Starmer claims children are "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.

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