“The NHS was hard to deliver, so was the minimum wage. It's time now - we need to have a proper conversation about how much is the individual cost, how much is the burden that we're all going to share together, and how much are we going to put on older adults now versus a future system like national insurance.”

British politician, born 1981

Jess Phillips is a British politician and Labour Party member, born in 1981. She has served as the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. From July 2024 to May 2026, she served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls. Her public work is closely associated with safeguarding and violence against women and girls, alongside her parliamentary role.