Ralf Little video accuses Jeremy Hunt of misleading public

Actor escalates Twitter row over mental health services by producing video featuring Luciana Berger and Norma Lamb

The actor Ralf Little has escalated his row with Jeremy Hunt by producing a video in which he accuses the health secretary of misleading the public about services for the mentally ill.

The move comes after the pair became embroiled in a Twitter spat in which The Royle Family star “double dared” the Conservative cabinet member to sue him after he challenged claims that the NHS had overseen “the biggest expansion of mental health provision in Europe”.

4,300 more employed by mental health trusts, 2,700 more employed in talking therapies, 1400 more people treated every day since 2010. Isn’t it ur job 2 find a major European country that’s done better and faster rather than make assertions you can’t support? I double dare you

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