Jackie Long is social affairs editor and presenter for Channel 4 News.
Jackie Long is Channel 4 News Social affairs editor and presenter. She joined the programme in 2011, following more than two decades at the BBC. Most recently she was Correspondent at Newsnight, and she previously worked on The World at One, PM and Five Live.
Today, she launched a commission to take that fight global – but will the Tories’ rightward tilt see her own achievements go the way of HS2?
She’s a Singer, songwriter, actor and radio presenter. She released her first album, B-Funk – nearly three decades ago, has had a string of hits, was lauded by the artist formerly known as Prince and sung at the London Olympics opening ceremony.
Joining us from Brixton in South London is Pastor Lorraine Jones, a youth campaigner who lost her son Dwayne after he was attacked while protecting another person.
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman chose to devote most of her conference speech in Manchester today to the issue of illegal migration. She touched on law and order – more and better paid police officers, of ramping up stop and search.
We were joined by Aderonke Apata who herself was an asylum seeker and is now a barrister who works on asylum cases.
We spoke to the Conservative MP Brendan Clarke Smith and put it to him that the home secretary clearly wants a new definition of ‘refugee’.
Joining us now from Manchester is the city council leader Bev Craig.
As well as cars, Rishi Sunak also announced an increase in the grant for heat pumps and scrapping plans to force landlords to make their properties energy efficient.
We spoke to the Conservative MP Steve Brine, who chairs the Health and Social Care Committee.
We spoke to Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips.
We’re joined by Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House.
Jackie spoke to David TC Davies, the Secretary of State for Wales, and began by asking him if this is a job saving plan or a job axing one.
Ellie Moon’s dog Marley, a Cocker Spaniel, was attacked and killed by an American XL Bulldog in a kennel last year.
We spoke to Victor Gao, the vice-president of the Centre for China and Globalisation, who previously worked closely with former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.
We spoke to Pia Sinha, former governor of several prisons and now CEO of the Prisons Reform Trust.