Education Secretary responds to our Problem Shared campaign

We asked what the government is doing to improve mental health in schools

Author: Rosanna AustinPublished 20th Feb 2018

Radio Aire's challenged the government to do more to make sure every child has somebody to talk to.

We’re calling for every school to have a counsellor, in memory of Leeds schoolboy Daniel Long who took his own life at the age of 15 because he became so stressed revising for his mock GCSEs.

Yesterday we told you how Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin is backing our campaign – saying we need to take the issue more seriously.

We put that to the Education Secretary Damian Hinds - who insists the government is taking action to improve mental health support in schools:

You can sign our petition here