Westminster Council says it could save significant amounts of taxpayers' money.
Overweight people who refuse to get fit could have their benefits docked under plans being put forward by a London council.
The idea would involve payments like housing benefit being reduce if a doctor prescribed exercise - but the patient didn't do it.
But Paul Dimoldenberg who's leader of the Labour group on Westminster City Council has told Premier the idea's unworkable:
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