“Recently, the UK Labour government doubled down on inaccurate, stigmatising, and offensive narratives around mental health. In the Spring Statement, the government announced more than £5 billion cuts in benefits support—a move that will push thousands of people into poverty.1 The government used two primary narratives to support its approach. Firstly, that mental health conditions are overdiagnosed and that people are unjustifiably claiming sickness benefits on this basis. Secondly, that the way to improve the lives of people living with physical and mental health conditions is to cut state support and “encourage” them back into employment.”
