Those living with Down Syndrome and other learning disabilities have long faced poorer life chances, health outcomes and a life expectancy around 20 years lower than the average. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)

What can be done to improve the picture was a question that our reporter, Ruben Reuter, put to politicians in charge when he went along to a reception at Downing Street being held to mark World Downs Syndrome Day.

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