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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Brexit not to blame for high food prices says Conservative MP
We spoke to the former environment secretary George Eustice and asked him why food was so expensive at the moment?
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90% turnout ‘is unheard of anywhere in Europe’ says member of Erdogan’s AK Party
We spoke to Harun Armagan, who is from President Erdogan’s ruling AK party.
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Should the Scottish government scrap juries in rape cases?
We spoke to Stuart Murray of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association and Sandy Brindley of Rape Crisis Scotland.
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Trump sexual abuse verdict won’t affect presidential run, says Republican strategist
We’re joined by Republican political adviser Mark McKinnon.
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“It’s not fair when people are trapped in rent”, says building society boss as he launches zero deposit mortgage.
The chief executive of Skipton Building Society Stuart Haire joins me now.
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Record numbers of people calling Samaritans with money concerns
For the weekend, the golden carriage and crowns, the street parties and celebrations eclipsed the harsh reality of a cost of living crisis which shows little sign of abating.
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St.Vincent and the Grenadines PM calls on Sunak to support slavery reparations and apologies
The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, was one of the commonwealth leaders who attended the Coronation.
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Expert AI warning – machines don’t know ‘right and wrong’
They call him the Godfather of Artificial Intelligence, a pioneer of the technology but Dr Geoffery Hinton has quit his job at Google – saying he was worried about the dangers of AI.
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RCN nurses will vote to strike again, says union rep
Rhian Wheater is a nurse ward manager and strike supervisor – she spoke to us about the decision to reject the government’s latest pay offer.
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Gambling industry ‘can’t buy its way out of this problem’, says Labour MP
We spoke to Labour MP Carolyn Harris, who has led calls for tougher gambling regulation, and Christopher Snowdon, head of lifestyle economics at the free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs – who is against new restrictions that could limit how much individuals can gamble.
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Priority is to get UK citizens out of Sudan – Shadow Home Secretary
Yvette Cooper is the Shadow Home Secretary.
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UK needs ‘proper safe and legal routes’ for people to claim asylum, Conservative MP says
The Conservative MP Danny Kruger helped lead backbench Conservative attempts to further toughen the Illegal Migration Bill.
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Delaying the decision on Raab future a ‘farce’, says trade union boss
We spoke to Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA trade union.
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‘We will see further deaths’ if social inequality widens, says consultant obstetrician amid disproportionate Black maternity deaths
Earlier I talked to Dr Christine Ekechi – a Consultant Obstetrician – who contributed to the report. I asked her why it was that so little has improved in the twenty years since the problem came to light.
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Could on-going strikes impact May local elections?
The prospect of many more months of NHS strikes and in the run up to May’s local elections the state of the health service – and the public sector pay disputes could well affect the outcome in a swathe of marginal seats.
