This Morning star Dr. Alex George has broken his silence after he was let go from his position after a four-year tenure by Sir Keir Starmer in the Labour administration. The ITV star, who first gained popularity on the reality TV show Love Island, was informed by the government last month that his role as UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador had been terminated.

It came as part of a broader overhaul which will also saw the disbandment of NHS England. The Prime Minister disclosed in Parliament on Marvh 13 that, as part of efforts to reduce bureaucracy within the national health service, the NHS England brand will be discontinued. This resulted in approximately 9,500 job losses which included Dr Alex’s position.

The broadcaster took on the role back in February 2-21 and was instrumental in securing the additional £79million for school mental health support teams.

He also played a key part in the creation of Early Support Hubs, which offer early mental health intervention for young people within their communities, with nearly £10million in funding obtained for 24 hubs nationwide.

Now, the TV personality has spoken out for the first time since his stepped back from the role in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk. In collaboration with supplement brand Bioglan for their fourth series of ‘In Bioglan Balance, the medical expert shared his thoughts about his time in the role.

He told us: “Well I'd been in that role at that time for almost exactly four years and that role was created by the previous government, it wasn’t the Labour government that created that role.

“And it’s a voluntary role, it’s not contractual. I was there as a volunteer and so for me in a way, I’d done four years of that, and I was actually kind of at peace with it.”

Sharing his thoughts on the Labour government’s approach to supporting mental health in the UK, he added: “I mean the government has their own strategy. They’ve got their own mental health minister, they’ve got their plans that their building, and that’s fine.

“It doesn’t change what I do, I’m continuing with all my work. My biggest mission is to try and get early support hubs funded. It was in their [Labour’s] manifesto and I’m very hopeful that they will find them and they’ve continued the pilot fund which is brilliant.

“So for me it’s business as usual in that sense because I was already doing this stuff anyway and I’m going to carry on.” Alex went on to share his hopes for the future and what he is most proud of following his time in the role.

He explained: “I think it’s important in life not to take things too personally. I had a great time, four years is a long time, it’s basically a government term. And change isn’t a bad thing. There’s nothing wrong with change and there’s plenty for me to work on.

"I feel proud of my time there. I managed to secure £79million for mental health support teams and £10million for the hub fundings as well as other projects that I was involved with.

"And then I visited loads of schools around the country doing talks, so there’s lots of things that I feel proud of and that’s really important."

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