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When I was elected as the MP for Loughborough in 2010, I promised that one of the issues I would focus on in parliament was mental health.

This week a major new report from Disability Rights UK has highlighted the weaknesses of the government’s major employment programmes in supporting disabled people to get and keep paid work.

Yesterday two retail giants were shamed and forced into taking products off their shelves by the power of people.

Increasing numbers of peer support workers are now being employed in mental health services.

Community budgets that pool funding for services could dramatically improve mental health provision. This ‘whole place’ approach should be backed in the Spending review.

The recent Schizophrenia Commission report, The Abandoned Illness, has shone a strong light on the way we as a society respond to people with psychosis.

Last Thursday, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary Rt. Hon Sadiq Khan MP delivered a speech on mental health in the criminal justice system at our event.

Gene Johnson, CEO and President of Recovery Innovations in Arizona, discusses the role of peer worker and the success of the projects he's led.

Poor mental health is widely recognised as both a cause and a consequence of homelessness.

Long-term physical illnesses affect 30% of the population of England, or some 15 million people. Mental health conditions affect about 10 million of us.

Having somewhere safe and secure to live is one of the basic requirements of human life.