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Your election, your manifesto
When the general election was
announced in May, we started
campaigning straight away to
make sure that whoever formed
the next government puts mental
health at the heart of its agenda.
And it made a real impact: all of
the parties focused on mental
health in their manifestos for
England and Wales.
We need your support now more
than ever as we work to ensure
these election promises are kept.
We want the new government to
commit to transforming mental
health services, employment
opportunities and community
support, as well as overhauling
the benefits and back-to-work
system with a focus on support,
not sanctions.
We also want them to commit
to improving awareness and
attitudes towards mental
health and scrap outdated,
discriminatory legislation that
prevents people with mental
health problems accessing the
support they need to live full,
independent lives.
You can remind yourself of the six commitments laid
out in our manifesto at mind.org.uk/manifesto
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