The mother of a six-year-old boy with epilepsy has claimed Theresa May promised she would help her find a way of getting cannabis oil to treat her son.
Hannah Deacon said the Prime Minister had met her and her son Alfie Dingley in Downing Street, where she personally assured her that her case would be resolved swiftly and on a “compassionate basis”.
But Ms Deacon says that since the encounter her family has only faced “hurdles after hurdles after hurdles” in their battle to get permission to treat Alfie with the THC oil, which is currently outlawed in England.
It comes as Lord Hague, the former leader of the Conservatives, called on the Prime Minister to abandon the Government’s “deluded” policy...