Fixing social care in England is a true test of Labour’s ambition
Before reform and money comes courage
PHILIPPA RUSSELL’S son, Simon, has spent his life defying the odds. Born with fluid on the brain, he was one of the first children to have successful life-saving shunt surgery. He surprised his doctors first by making it out of his teens, then by living to 35. Today he is 60, and the expectation is that he could live into his 80s. That prospect should fill Dame Philippa with joy. Instead she is frantic with worry.
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This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The real test of Labour’s ambition”
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