The banker and charity ambassador calls for more practical support for young people caring for family during the Covid crisis
Thupayal Hussain began his teens quite ordinarily. “I’d rush home from school, watch my favourite TV programme and eat the dinner my mum cooked. I played video games and football with my friends.” He pauses. “It’s difficult to look back.”
When he was 15 , everything changed. “I remember the day vividly. My head of year came into the classroom and said, ‘your mum’s had an accident’ – and they took me to the hospital.”
