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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‘Former Post Office boss will never cry as much as our families’, says wrongly accused sub-postmaster
We were joined by two of the wrongly accused sub-postmasters, Janet Skinner and Lee Castleton.
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6m
‘It’s an outrageous slur’: Israeli government on ICC’s Netanyahu arrest warrant request
We spoke to David Mencer, the Israeli government spokesperson.
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5m
‘It’s about vindication – it’s not about money’ – Infected Blood victim
These two women were infected with contaminated blood. Caz Challis received several blood transfusions as part of her cancer treatment and was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1993.
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‘Government responsiveness should be improved’ says infected blood inquiry chair
We spoke to the head of the inquiry Sir Brian Langstaff and began by asking him how this scandal could take place over so many decades and involve so many people, from doctors to civil servants.
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Infected Blood scandal: How UK failed on a global scale
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s many other countries also passed along contaminated blood to thousands of unsuspecting people.
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5m
NHS Infected Blood scandal: a timeline
“The government failed to discharge its fundamental duty to ensure the safety of the public” is the damning conclusion from today’s report.
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‘Dark day in our country’s history’: Victims of infected blood scandal react to inquiry report
We were joined by Suresh and Susan – who are are two of the tens of thousands of people whose lives have been dramatically impacted by the infected blood scandal.
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Infected blood scandal was ‘a criminal cover-up on an industrial scale’ – Andy Burnham
We spoke to Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Health Secretary from 2009 to 2010, to get his response to the report.
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3m
Displaced in Gaza have to ‘start from Zero’ many times over, says Gaza NGO director
Maher Issa, the director of a non-governmental organisation in Gaza, spoke to us from Rafah, where internet connectivity was poor.
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6m
Expert pool of police officers is an ‘absolute game changer’ when investigating rape, says home secretary
We spoke exclusively to the Home Secretary James Cleverly and we began by asking him for his response to Brooklyn’s story.
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Operation Soteria – what happens when rape victims are supported?
Rape is one of the most devastating, traumatic crimes imaginable. And one where the chance of victims getting justice is painfully slim. While no one doubts it is a complex crime to investigate, the collapse of charge and conviction rates prompted the government to launch the 2021 Rape Review.
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Wandsworth Prison issued urgent improvement notice after serious security failings found
HMP Wandsworth hit the headlines last year when an inmate escaped.
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‘No doubt Gaza has been a factor’ in Labour local election defeats, says Shadow Home Secretary
We spoke to Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary.
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Local elections: what are the results so far
By any measure it’s been a grim day for the Conservatives – they lost the by-election for an MP in Blackpool South thanks to a massive swing to Labour, they’re on track to lose around half of the local election council seats they contested and their projected national vote share is down to a dismal…
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HMP Woodhill ‘has never been able to recruit enough staff to run safely’ claims former Prison Service boss
We spoke earlier to the former director general of England and Wales’ Prison Service, Phil Wheatley. We started by asking him who should be held accountable for Robert Fenlon’s death.
