UK gets world's first-ever 'Minister for Loneliness'
UK PM Theresa May on Wednesday appointed one of her ministers, Tracey Crouch, to look after the loneliness-related issues of people across the country. Crouch is the world's first-ever minister tasked with the portfolio of 'Loneliness'. The move follows a recommendation by a 2017 report which said loneliness is as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.