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Jane Merrick

Jane Merrick is Policy Editor at the The i Paper. She has been writing about politics since 2001, and was previously Political Editor at the Independent on Sunday and a freelance political commentator.

Article thumbnail: PA REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2023 File photo dated 14/04/23 - NHS junior doctors take part in a march and rally in the centre of Birmingham, on the final day of the British Medical Association's 96-hour walkout in a dispute over pay. Issue date: Thursday December 21, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SOCIAL Review2023 Pictures. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: Health Secretary Matt Hancock, during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19). Picture date: Wednesday March 17, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Hannah McKay/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, in west London, on December 11, 2023 after giving evidence. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended his scheme to encourage people to eat out following the first coronavirus wave, saying it was not responsible for a second wave of infections. Sunak, who was finance minister during the crisis, told the public inquiry into the UK's handling of the pandemic that he was "deeply sorry" for those who lost family to the disease. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, in west London, on December 11, 2023 after giving evidence. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended his scheme to encourage people to eat out following the first coronavirus wave, saying it was not responsible for a second wave of infections. Sunak, who was finance minister during the crisis, told the public inquiry into the UK's handling of the pandemic that he was "deeply sorry" for those who lost family to the disease. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: BLETCHLEY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the AI safety summit, the first global summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence at Bletchley Park on November 2, 2023 in Bletchley, England. The UK Government are hosting the AI Safety Summit bringing together international governments, leading AI companies, civil society groups and experts in research to consider the risks of AI, especially at the frontier of development, and discuss how they can be mitigated through internationally coordinated action. (Photo by Joe Giddens - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: BLETCHLEY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the AI safety summit, the first global summit on the safe use of artificial intelligence at Bletchley Park on November 2, 2023 in Bletchley, England. The UK Government are hosting the AI Safety Summit bringing together international governments, leading AI companies, civil society groups and experts in research to consider the risks of AI, especially at the frontier of development, and discuss how they can be mitigated through internationally coordinated action. (Photo by Joe Giddens - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Screen grab taken from Parliament TV of Samir Shah at the Culture, Media and Sport Committee pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the BBC. Issue date: Wednesday December 13, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story MEDIA BBC. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: Screen grab taken from Parliament TV of Samir Shah at the Culture, Media and Sport Committee pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of the BBC. Issue date: Wednesday December 13, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story MEDIA BBC. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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