Alan Milburn
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We currently don't have either a system or a plan to deal with it.
What is needed is a radical reset.
We've got a chronic problem.
It's getting worse, not better.
We currently don't have either a system or a plan to deal with it.
What is needed is a radical reset.
This is a visceral issue for the country.
Leading this review into young people and employment for the government.
If they formed a city, that would be the third biggest in the UK.
So it's one in eight from 16 to 24 year olds.
So the scale of it is enormous.
You might have anxiety and depression, but diagnosis shouldn't automatically lead to you being signed off by a GP with a fit note.
Then politically,
This is a huge issue for the government.
Let's remember, this is a government that was elected on a one-word slogan.
What was it?
Change.
It's not been much happening really, has it?
Very quiet, honestly.
So I'm leading this review into young people and employment for the government.