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.
We spoke to Terrisa Bukovinac from the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising group and Jose Vela – a member of Austin City Council who’s pro-choice.
Now improving the health of all women is the aim of England’s first women’s health ambassador. Dame Lesley Regan says too often girls and women have to fight too hard to get the treatment they need. But it is a huge in-tray. Everything from periods to the menopause and the maternity scandals which have seen…
Covid infections are rising once again across the UK. Total infections are now back at the levels seen last May, though still well down on the peak of pandemic. New types of Omicron variant seem to be driving the resurgence of the virus. Across the UK, 1.4 million private households are estimated to have had…
We spoke to Karim Mussilhy whose uncle died in the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Grenfell Tower still stands today.
We spoke to Labour MP Meg Hillier, chair of the Public Accounts Committee.
The government says it’s committed to improving opportunities – and it’s appointed a new social mobility chief to take that on.
We spoke to Lord Kerslake – former permanent secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government – and chair of the Peabody housing association.
We’re joined by Peaches Golding. As Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol she’s the Queen’s representative in the city and county, and was at the service at St Paul’s Cathedral earlier today.
As many as 47 million people across the world face acute hunger if the war in Ukraine doesn’t end, the World Food Programme says.
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden led the inquiry into maternity failings in Shrewsbury and will now head the independent review into Nottingham’s failings.
The government’s cost of living support package amounts to £15 billion – designed to help households facing quickly rising energy bills. But with inflation at a 40-year high – and expected to rise – is it enough for those already feeling the squeeze who are worried about another energy bill price hike in October? We…
We’re joined by Jill Rutter of the Institute for Government.
For the first time ever, all the police chiefs in England and Wales have signed up to an action plan on race – which is due to be published next week.
We speak to veteran Australian journalist Hugh Riminton of Ten News First – and begin by asking him to explain what has happened in this election.