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Is the Work Programme working?
Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long investigates what the numbers supplied by the government say about the success of its Work Programme.
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Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long investigates what the numbers supplied by the government say about the success of its Work Programme.
Channel 4’s Dispatches went undercover to find out what really happens to the bodies of the ones we love after they die. And as Jackie Long reveals, the truth was far from dignified.
As the government decides to change the way that poverty is measured, Jackie Long writes about the “boring” business of being poor.
At anywhere between £20 and £60 a paper, remarking is a luxury many schools simply can’t afford, writes Jackie Long
Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long asks why are examiners making so many mistakes in their marking of papers, and why in some cases are they not correcting it?
The public spending watchdog criticises a government department for its handling of private companies whose fraudulent practices cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds, writes Jackie Long.
Schools face fresh strikes as early as this summer as teachers remain embroiled in a row with ministers over changes to pensions and pay, as Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long reports.
There will be an estimated 11,000 fewer university places this year. But where will the cuts hit and who will suffer? Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long takes a look.
First it was Tesco in the row over the government’s work programme, now Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long can reveal Asda has also been taking on unemployed youngsters for free.
Over 370,000 migrants who came to Britain to work, study or visit, are now claiming work-related benefits, new government figures show. Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long reports.
Government plans to allow schools to dismiss under-performing teachers in just one term are unlikely to lead to a wave of sackings, says Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long.
Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long hears the extraordinary story of a family brought back from the brink by the sort of family intervention project the government is now backing.
Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long finds the government’s employment support allowance is being dogged by endless and repeated appeals as claimants are found fit, then unfit, for work.
As the latest unemployment figures are released, Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long looks at one group of people who seem to be particularly badly affected – women.
Residents and supporters at Dale Farm walk off the site, saying they were leaving “with dignity and heads held high”. Our Social Affairs Correspondent, Jackie Long, reports from Basildon.