'Andy Burnham's huge mental health pledge should take strain off hospitals' A raft of new mental health centres are to open in libraries, banks and other high street locations across England to get people “support earlier closer to home”, the Government has announced PM promises ‘high street’ mental health centres to open in banks and libraries Shared words with banks, centres, health, high, libraries, mental, open, street, support The community centres are set to offer walk-in support where members of the public can attend without needing a medical referral The Morning Poll: Should Andy Burnham block the release of PC Harper's killers? Shared words with andy, burnham, should Healey urg
ed to be bold on borrowing in first test of Burnham’s growth pledge Shared words with burnham, government, pledge, street Some want the chancellor to exploit newly flexible fiscal rules – others want a more creative approach, such as borrowing from markets With just 12 weeks to go until his first budget, new chancellor John Healey is seeking ways to ramp up public investment, without busting the Treasury’s fiscal rules – and some economists are urging him to be bold. As he settles into No 11 Downing Street, the former defence secretary’s most immediate challenges concern day-to-day government spending. Continue reading... Has the UK government’s strategy on small boat crossings been effect
ive? Shared words with andy, burnham, government, people As the number of migrants crossing the Channel is down by 43%, have ministers cracked the problem? The headline figures show that small boats crossing the Channel are down by 43% compared with January to mid-July 2025 – from 21,690 last year to 12,469 over the same period this year. Since Andy Burnham came to power on 20 July, however, there has been a small increase on the same period last year. Between 20 July and 2 August 2025 1,962 people crossed the Channel in small boats. Over the same period this year more than 2,000 have crossed. Continue reading...
