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FOI reveals mental health budgets fell in 2015-16

A row over spending on mental health in England has broken out after Labour accused the government of failing to honour promises to boost funding.

Freedom of information requests made by Labour to NHS commissioning bodies in England suggest on average mental health budgets fell in 2015-16.

However, the Department of Health said it rejected the figures and called mental health a government “priority”.

Reported by BBC News. You can read the full story here. 

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