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£1.25bn boost for mental health services
The funding, which will be spent over five years, will see the first waiting-time standards for children and extra specialists in waiting therapy. The Liberal Democrats have said that funding will also target pregnant women, new mothers and war veterans.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who made the announcement, was applauded by Treasure Secretary Danny Alexander who said: " Nick (Clegg) has made mental health a huge thing for our party - it's going to be one of the five key pledges of our manifesto."
Liberal Democrat Alexander is keen for the money to fund early intervention schemes to stop young people developing serious and potentially fatal mental illnesses.
Clegg himself stated during a visit to Clock View Hospital in Liverpool that: "There would be an outcry if a child with diabetes was left to cope without support or treatment. But that's exactly what's been happening with young people's mental health services. That's why I am determined to start a seismic shift to revolutionise children's mental health care and end this unacceptable injustice."
Earlier this year, it was revealed that children's mental health service spending had dropped by six per cent since 2010, a figure Labour was keen to emphasise. Wednesday's budget will be Chancellor George Osborne's last before the election.
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