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Mental health support has been slashed and trashed, and it will take more than Clegg’s pittance to fix that

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Mental health support has been slashed and trashed, and it will take more than Clegg’s pittance to fix that

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Written by Charlie Smoke. Today is World Mental Health Day. This week, Nick Clegg announced a £120 million increase in funding for mental health care in a package that includes the implementation of targets. In a move described as ‘highly unusual’, the policy was at the heart of Clegg’s conference speech, and will feature among […]

Austerity and the mental health crisis in the LGBTQ* community

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Austerity and the mental health crisis in the LGBTQ* community

This article is by Charlie Smoke of the Polarised Project The flash bulbs that exploded over the sandstone exterior of Islington Town Hall on the 29th March 2014, in celebration of the first same sex marriage, were almost bright enough to whitewash the cracks rapidly appearing in the LGBTQ* community. Almost. The London Borough of […]