direct to your inboxTwo councillors have opened up about their battles with mental health.Faisal Rana and Liam O’Rourke both gave candid and emotional accounts of their struggles with depression during a heated debate on government funding.They spoke out at a virtual Rochdale full council meeting after Coun Sue Smith tabled a motion calling on ministers to ‘prioritise the nation’s mental health’, noting ‘increasing numbers’ of people were suffering due to the pandemic.The Conservatives took umbrage with the Labour motion’s claim that the government needed to be made ‘fully aware’ of the crisis’ negative impact on people and the ‘additional strain’ on the NHS.Deputy group leader Coun Pat Sullivan said this was ‘ridiculous' and accused Labour.