Call for Cabinet-level mental health focus

By Oliver HothamThe government needs a mental health minister at Cabinet level, an influential economist will argue later.Labour peer Richard Layard will call for the move at a lecture at the London School of Economics later that mental illness lies at the root of Britain's social problems and requires much more attention by the government.He will argue that it should represent a "sixth pillar" of the welfare state and that it is all too often overlooked by policy makers. ...