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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‘Don’t take barbecues into open spaces’, warns fire expert
We spoke to Group Managing Officer David Diggins from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service – and asked him what the fire service had been dealing with in the last few days.
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‘We are facing winter pressures in summer’ says Doctors Association
We’re joined by Dolin Bhagawati, a neurosurgeon and vice-chairman of the Doctors Association.
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Ambulance waiting times ‘disgrace’, says man whose mum died waiting for ambulance
The latest NHS emergency waiting time figures for England are among the worst on record.
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Child abuse victims face long wait for justice, figures suggest
The victims of child sexual abuse are facing an increasingly long wait for justice.
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Exclusive: Medics treated arrested man ‘like he was pretending’ before seizure death, says family
The family of a man who died after suffering multiple seizures while under arrest have accused medical staff of treating him like “he was pretending”.
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‘Rishi has torn up the treasury orthodoxy’, says Tory MP
North West Durham MP Richard Holden won his seat in the Tory landslide of 2019 and is now supporting Rishi Sunak. He is in central London.
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Is raising interest rates to tackle inflation the right call?
Has the Bank’s Monetary Policy committee made the right call in forcing us to swallow the bitter pill of raising interest rates to tackle inflation?
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‘Embedded inflation will hurt least well-off more’, says Bank of England governor
The Bank of England has come under fire from politicians for failing to deal with inflation. And senior Conservative MPs have accused it of ‘fairytale forecasting’.
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Record drug-related deaths ‘public health emergency’, says support services regional director
We spoke to Lee Wilson from Humankind, which runs drug and alcohol support services, and began by asking him why society does not pay more attention to substance abuse.
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We are awakening to risk of our data being stolen, says Tory MP
Alicia Kearns is co-chair of the China Research Group of Tory MPs and asked her about those CCTV cameras made by Chinese-owned tech giant Hikvision.
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‘Huge slip up from Liz Truss’, says Tees Valley Conservative Mayor
We spoke to Ben Houchen, the Conservative Mayor of the Tees Valley, and asked him for his reaction to Liz Truss’ U-turn.
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Liz Truss abandons plans to cut public sector pay
Conservative Party leadership candidate Liz Truss has abandoned plans to cut almost £9 billion from public sector pay in cheaper regions outside London – after furious senior Conservative MPs warned her it would hit nurses, police officers and teachers hard. Rishi Sunak’s campaign has called it a dramatic U-turn on a policy she announced just…
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Wagatha Christie: ‘Very bad day indeed for Rebekah Vardy’, lawyer says
We spoke to Antonia Foster, media specialist and partner at the law firm, Carter-Ruck about the Wagatha Christie trial.
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Levelling Up is not a project for one term, says Sunak supporter MP
We spoke to Richard Holden, MP for North West Durham, who’s backing Rishi Sunak.
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England playing with freedom, fun and enjoyment, says FA’s Women’s Football director
spoke to Baroness Campbell, the Director of Women’s Football at the FA, and began by asking what was her reaction to what happened on – and off – the pitch last night?
