MQ Political Officer Bryony Doughty analyzes the current budget and highlights some of the key points relating to mental health..
Today, the Chancellor of the United Kingdom, Rachel Reeve, delivered the 2024 budget to Parliament. This was a budget of firsts, not only the first budget of a new government, but the first to be delivered by a Minister of Finance.
There were many announcements within the budget: an increase in employers’ contributions to National Insurance, an increase in the national living wage and an increase in capital gains tax. But what does the budget mean for mental health research? And more importantly, how is it likely to affect the nation’s mental health?
