Jackie Long
Who cares after young people leave care?
“They come from a system where they are supposed to be looked after and it feels like they leave the system and they just get left and thrown away.”
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How to stop scandals like Grenfell from happening again
How can the new Labour government stop scandals like Grenfell happening again? Krishnan Guru-Murthy talks to the area’s former MP and the director of the charity investigating state-related deaths.
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Jackie Long
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Jackie Long
Who cares? Record numbers of children in care facing poor outcomes
It costs more to keep a child in care than the fees for Eton, but the average care leaver still faces poor educational achievement and higher rates of mental health issues or imprisonment.
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Jackie Long
What took you so long, Shaun Wright?
It is hard to escape the conclusion that Shaun Wright is a man who takes a while to work out what is the best, the right thing to do.
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Jackie Long
The end of the spare room subsidy? No
Rachel Reeves’ optimism and excitement are perhaps a little premature, even after today’s government defeat in parliament over reform of the spare room subsidy.
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Jackie Long
Robert Pattinson: teacher told me not to bother with drama GCSE
Robert Pattinson – who’s said to be worth an estimated $27m – is quick to realise that there’s not always much sympathy for people living in the public eye.
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Jackie Long
Assisted dying – a right or ‘murder by physician’?
There has been no fury and no barracking – but in the House of Lords ferocity belies what is being said. The debate? The right to die.
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Jackie Long
How we can stop children from sexually abusing other children
8,000 children under the age of 18 have been accused of sexually abusing another child over the past two years, offences including serious sexual assault and rape.
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Jackie Long
The unexpected costs of the ‘welfare revolution’
If the government’s “welfare revolution” is to work , then it has to work in places like Torfaen, a south Wales community where direct payments are being trialled.
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Jackie Long
Families hit hard by scrapping of council tax benefits
If you’re one of the 2.34 million low-income families who used to get council tax benefit, you’ll be paying on average £149 more in council tax this year than just over a year ago.
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Jackie Long
Child poverty: rhetoric and reality
While ministers wring their hands about the official definition of poverty, low-paid workers are embarrassed and isolated.
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Jackie Long
Rubbish tips and mice: one mum’s story of the private rental sector
Aggressive landlords and the fear of eviction: a new report shows how the private sector is increasingly being used by councils to house the vulnerable.
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Jackie Long
‘We thought it was a flat for life. We can’t afford to move’
Councils are more likely to give discretionary housing payments to those without disabilities than those who are disabled. Jackie Long reports on how the ‘bedroom tax’ is affecting disabled people.
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Jackie Long
Child abuse and the Catholic church: is the Vatican still resisting reform?
A UN Committee say the Catholic church has proved itself neither capable nor willing to properly root out abuse.
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Jackie Long
Protecting children – what’s the point of serious case reviews?
Even before the guilty verdict was released, a serious case review into the death of Hamzah Khan was announced. But with 200 launched a year, all with similar findings, how long before something changes?