Last June, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed in a Daily Mail column that he was taking Ozempic to lose weight.
He said the drug initially worked incredibly well, “losing four or five pounds a week, maybe more,” but later stopped the injections because “it made me feel sick,” but added that he believed such drugs could be “groundbreaking” in fighting obesity.
In the interview, Mr Jenrick also said he believed the “first step” for the next Conservative leader would be to win back Conservative voters who switched to Reform UK at the general election.
He suggested winning back voters who have switched to Labour or the Liberal Democrats would come after the first task of reuniting the right of British politics, adding: “We can’t get to the next step unless we get the first one right”.
The next big stage in the Conservative election campaign will begin when MPs return to Westminster from their summer recess in early September.
Voting will take place between September 4 and 11 to narrow the field to four candidates, who will then have the opportunity to make their case to party members at the party’s annual conference, which runs from September 29 to October 2.
MPs will then vote again between 9 and 10 October to whittle the field down to two final candidates, who will then be voted on by Conservative party members, with the winner announced on 2 November.
