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MPs challenge Prime Minister to take action on Long Covid

MPs are urging the Prime Minister to address the health, wellbeing and employment arrangements for those living with Long Covid. Writing in The BMJ today, Layla Moran MP, and chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) group on coronavirus, says she wrote to the Prime Minister on 24 August after receiving first-hand accounts from hundreds […]

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MPs want to raise legal smoking age to 21

Ban cigarettes for anyone under 21, ministers are urged amid calls for tobacco taxes to be increased Raising limit could help to stop people trying out cigarettes at a young age Ministers are considering levy on tobacco firms to fund services for quitting  Rules tightened on showing smoking on TV and in films, the group […]