Jackie Long , Social Affairs Editor and Presenter
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.
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Time to ‘update the Geneva convention on refugees’, says Conservative MP
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’.
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Scrapping northern HS2 leg is ‘political short termism at its worst’, says Manchester Cllr
Joining us now from Manchester is the city council leader Bev Craig.
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Climate Change debate: What do the UK’s net-zero changes mean for the environment?
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.
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‘At some point negotiations have to end’, says health committee chair
We spoke to the Conservative MP Steve Brine, who chairs the Health and Social Care Committee.
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Women who came forward over Brand allegations effectively ‘made to feel like they have to prove themselves’, says Labour’s Jess Phillips
We spoke to Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Phillips.
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Women engaging in ‘ordinary, everyday resistance’ in Iran, says Chatham House Middle East director
We’re joined by Dr Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Chatham House.
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Tata steel investment: ‘This is a deal that will save as many jobs as possible’, says the Secretary of State for Wales
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.
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Debate: Should American bully XLs be banned?
Ellie Moon’s dog Marley, a Cocker Spaniel, was attacked and killed by an American XL Bulldog in a kennel last year.
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China has ‘no incentive at all to get involved’ in British politics, says Victor Gao
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.
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Daniel Khalife: Escape of prisoner ‘indicative of state of prison service’, says Prison Reform Trust chief executive
We spoke to Pia Sinha, former governor of several prisons and now CEO of the Prisons Reform Trust.
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Daniel Khalife: ‘£20,000 reward might make people look a bit harder,’ says former counter-terrorism coordinator
We spoke earlier to Nick Aldworth, the UK’s former counter-terrorism coordinator.
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Lack of engagement on RAAC ‘worries’ Prison Officers Association
The chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales has said it would be “enormously concerning” if RAAC was found in their buildings – as they simply don’t have any spare capacity to shut down affected space.
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‘A significant impact on services’: Birmingham could suffer after bankruptcy warns expert
We spoke to Councillor Stephen Houghton who is the chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities, a collective of 47 urban councils known as SIGOMA.
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Ohio Right to Life president reacts to vote delivering victory for abortion rights supporters
Jackie spoke to Michael Gonidakis, the president of the Ohio Right to Life group, which campaigns to ban abortion. She began by asking him whether yesterday’s vote showed that there was in fact broad support for abortion rights in Ohio.
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Wrong to ‘conflate lawyers with clients who are behaving badly’: Law Society president on government task force
We spoke to Lubna Shuja who is the President of the Law Society – the body that represents solicitors.
