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Fiona Phillips's Alzheimer's - Her Husband Speaks

Newsnight

Season 46Episode 134Aired 2025-07-16
Fiona Phillips's Alzheimer's - Her Husband Speaks

Fiona Phillips's Alzheimer's - Her Husband Speaks

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.