Exclusive: leaked emails show government dismissed funding plea before £80m announcement
The government’s drug tsar told ministers they should find £900m for treatment to tackle drug misuse, the Guardian has learned, before just £80m was announced this week.
On Tuesday Boris Johnson lauded a series of newly announced measures, including £80m for an increase in drug treatment, seen as vital to help break the cycle of drugs and crime but criticised by experts for being “a drop in the ocean”.
