Three months before voters go to the polls, Labour is starting to trickle out some of the policy pledges on children and young people it is likely to feature in its general election manifesto. Last month, it outlined what it called "ambitious" plans to "reverse the damage" inflicted on child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by funding reform through raising the measly six per cent of the NHS mental health budget spent on under-18s.
Labour also claims coalition cuts to early intervention services will be reversed, with better and quicker early help provided along with an expansion of school-based counselling and talking therapies.
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