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S46E134: Fiona Phillips's Alzheimer's - Her Husband Speaks

Newsnight · 2025
Aired 16 Jul 2025 at 9:30pm (UTC)
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Fiona Phillips's Alzheimer's - Her Husband Speaks

Synopsis

Broadcaster and journalist Fiona Phillips was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s aged 61. Her husband Martin Frizell speaks to Newsnight about her condition and why dementia research gets a fraction of the funding cancer research does. Plus, two weeks ago, the prime minister said he was listening to his own MPs over the rebellion on welfare cuts – now he’s suspended four of them. Can he maintain party discipline? Insight and interviews with Victoria Derbyshire.

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