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Bridget Phillipson: “No parent should ever have to experience the unimaginably awful loss of a child, and I pay huge tribute to those now…”

On the recordJune 25, 2026
No parent should ever have to experience the unimaginably awful loss of a child, and I pay huge tribute to those now turning heartbreak into action, including Sam Haycock’s parents as part of the Mirror’s brilliant Save Lives for Sam campaign.
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Bridget Phillipson
Labour Party

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Encouraging schools to teach water safety before summer holidays.

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