I remember around then being a policy analyst for the Mental Health department of a government and being told (from above) that lots of money would be made avai

I remember around then being a policy analyst for the Mental Health department of a government and being told (from above) that lots of money would be made available for services in the community once institutions were closed - but knowing perfectly well that it was a bald-faced lie at the time, given which political party was in charge, and their record. As one example, the Social Services manual at the time made it a firing offence to reveal to a client the existence of an available service or entitlement that the client didn't already know about. In print. Or to publish any part of the (quite official) manual.