The People

These people don't exist. But the problems they describe do. Every policy in their stories is costed, evidenced, and in the ten-year plan.

Aisha

The Young One — 19→29, Birmingham

Care worker turned nurse. Her cousin walked into a clinic and lived. Her brother built the tunnel. Her mum finally got paid for caring.

Sarah

34, Wakefield

Mum's cataracts fixed in nine days by the army field hospital. Two kids who'd never seen a dentist, seen in one afternoon. £500 a week for caring instead of nothing.

Plumber. Stayed a plumber. Went to free college to learn welding because he always wanted to. His son maintains the solar batteries that keep people alive. His daughter's going to power the country with the sea.

Margaret

The Old One — 71→81, Whitby

New knees in six days from the army field hospital. Learned to grow tomatoes at free college aged 76. Her cat's thyroid tablets dropped from £38 to £11. Checks the dashboard after the shipping forecast.

Lily

The Child — 5→82, Somewhere Ordinary

Grew up never knowing the before. Watched the country she inherited age into something whole.

Jake

18→25, Middlesbrough

ADHD diagnosed at 14, sanctioned at 18, saved by the clinic at 20, drainage engineer at 22. Sent five lads to the Army Youth Programme at 25.

Jake (later years)

35→55, Middlesbrough

Came back from the Army Youth Programme. Built a life around it. Watched his town do the same.

Margot

At 55 — sixty-five years after the first address

The reflection at the end. Margot looks back.

Note: Sarah (34, Wakefield) and Jake's early arc (18→25) are listed in the source brief but the originating content is not yet in this build. They'll be added when the source markdown lands.