The government has just now announced it is making the ban on the sale and supply of puberty blockers indefinite. The ban is being imposed today and will come into effect in the new year when the temporary ban expires…
DHSC says the Commission on Human Medicines had published independent expert advice that there is “currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children.” Restrictions on the drugs will be indefinite “while work is done to ensure the safety of children and young people.” The NHS stopped the routine prescription of puberty blockers to children back in March after the landmark Cass Review. Legislation will be updated today to be reviewed in three years…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”