The cap was introduced in 2015 by then-Conservative chancellor George Osborne and restricts child welfare payments to the first two children born to most families.
Pens typically cost between £200 and £300, depending on the dose.The drugs should not be bought from non-regulated sources.
A BBC investigation in November 2023It also found the drug being offered in beauty salons in Manchester and Liverpool.Under guidance introduced in February 2025,
to stop people who are already a healthy weight or have a history of eating disorders buying weight-loss jabs.The BMI of patients who have completed online questionnaires or sent photos must be verified through in-person or video consultations, and checked with information from their GP or medical records.
The most common side-effects are feeling sick, vomiting, bloating, constipation and diarrhoea. Some people report hair loss.
For many the side-effects are manageable and tend to go away in time; others say they stopped taking the drugs because of them.Later in the year, in response to explanations from officials, he said: "Your report on penicillin showing that we are only to get about one-tenth of the expected output this year, is very disappointing."
On another report, he instructs: "Let me have proposals for a more abundant supply from Great Britain".Less than a fortnight before D-Day, health officials could report that sufficient supplies had been obtained, most from the US, but only for battle casualties.
Dr Jessamy Carlson, modern records specialist at The National Archives, said: "The files give a glimpse into the extraordinary levels of preparation undertaken in advance of the D-Day landings."Only six weeks before, penicillin is just reaching our shores in quantities which will allow it to play a major role in improving the outcomes for service personnel wounded in action."