My parents were swindled out of £250,000 life savings in Philips Trust building society scandal  – we’re all suffering 

PULLING back the hospital curtain at her father’s bed just days after he had suffered a stroke, Tracey Steedman was horrified to find two strangers speaking to her parents.

The now 53-year-old from Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, had no idea her mum and dad were in the process of being swindled out of their £250,000 life savings – and that she would still be fighting for them over a decade later.