28 October 2012
Last updated at 22:35 ET
Mr Miliband says “vast changes” are needed across society to tackle mental illness
The problem of mental illness in the UK is the “biggest unaddressed health challenge of our age”, Labour leader Ed Miliband is to say in a speech later.
It “blights the lives of millions”, costing UK business £26bn and the NHS an extra £10bn a year, he is to say.
Mr Miliband wants to give patients the same legal right to mental health therapies as physical healthcare.
Mental illness is “a taboo which must be broken if we are to rebuild Britain”, he is expected to say.
Mr Miliband is
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