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What the budget got wrong about the NHS and prevention

By Lindsay Jaacks, Personal Chair of Global Health and Nutrition, University of Edinburgh

A healthy NHS and strong economy depend on healthy people, not just strong public finances. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget was a missed opportunity for the government to get serious about public health by protecting citizens from the leading risk factor for death in the UK: unhealthy food.

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