FAILING to include mental health reforms in the King’s Speech to Parliament “would be an insult,” charities have warned.

The Tories outlined so-called once-in-a-generation reforms to the Mental Health Act in line with the 2019 Conservative Party manifesto, vowing to treat “mental health with the same urgency as physical health.”

But there are fears the reforms will be sidelined after the government did not respond to scrutiny of its proposed legislation by a joint committee earlier this year.