Warm words on mental health are an insult to those left without treatment
Sanctimonious rhetoric from politicians and celebrities is no compensation for the desperate lack of funding available.
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James Bloodworth is a journalist and author of Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain, which was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize.
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