Dr Luke criticises Labour Government over removal of mental health support fund for farmers

This Government has really turned the screws on our farmers.

They are under increasing pressure from changes brought forward in the Budget, and now they have had the £10m Farming Resilience Fund, which provided vital mental health support, stripped away from them.

More information about the funding cut: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/inheritance/labour-pulls-mental-health-support-cash-farmers-iht-raid/

I raised this in a recent debate, you can see my intervention on the Shadow Chancellor here.

 

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