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Clegg's mental health promise holed by cuts
Deputy PM admits to failings but offers nothing

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg left a gaping hole yesterday in his keynote plan to tackle the mental health crisis gripping millions of people across Britain.

Cuts-crazed Mr Clegg came under fire after he grandly declared: "It's time for us to bring mental health out of the shadows."

In a wide-ranging speech, he failed to mention the need to reverse crippling cuts in NHS mental health services imposed by the Con-Dem government.

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