‘An unprecedented, disastrous move’: why has Liverpool City Council cut its obesity services?

The city has long played a pivotal role in weight loss policy. A recent money-saving move threatens to throw that away

Dear members — “incredibly worrying and shocking” are the words used by one expert to describe the axing of Liverpool’s specialist obesity services, announced at the end of 2023 via a letter posted to its users. It seems a strange cost-cutting decision — after all, Liverpool has long been a trailblazer for weight-loss policy in the UK, developing and supporting education programs that receive international recognition. So what will happen without specialist treatment for obesity in the city? That's today’s story, written by Jessica Bradley. 

But first, your Post briefing — including a new record store opening in Liverpool and good news for the city’s children’s services.