Emma Barnett

‘The current legal status of assisted dying is inadequate and incoherent…’ Wanting to change that status is the main recommendation of a 400-page report from the Commission on Assisted Dying…but it faces strong opposition from those who see it as an expression of an anti-life culture. Emma Barnett interrogates Raymond Tallis, Patron of Dignity in [...]

Net migration into Britain this year reached 250,000. On one side of the Immigration debate, capped levels, earned citizenship, ID cards, and annual migration reports -  on the other, open borders, a welcome for all, a call to increase the size of the cake, a celebration of a multi-cultural society…. Emma Barnett interrogates David Goodhart, [...]

Yesterday I was astounded by a story in the Observer about the normalisation of rape in gangs. A very brave 23-year-old woman, Isha Nembhard, a former gang member based in Peckham, exposed the growing level of sexual violence against women by talking to the paper and joined me on the show. According to Isha, who [...]

Yesterday’s show was electric. We talked about women’s prisons, addiction in light of Whitney Houston’s tragic death and the state of elderly care in the UK. Paul McDowell, the chief executive of the crime reduction charity, NACRO, and a former prison governor, came on the show to talk about this fascinating Observer story.  I for one, [...]

Samantha Cameron held a wonderful reception this week for Dress for Success at Downing Street. Home Secretary and minister for women and equality, Theresa May, Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary and Betty Jackson, the British Designer and DFS patron, were some of the high-profile guests mingling with the charity’s supporters and volunteers. [...]

We were joined on the show this week by Carlus Graham, the brave brother of Atasha – who died last year. It is now suspected that his 34-year old fun-loving sister, from south-east London, may have tragically lost her life because of an allergy to hair extension glue. Carlus has called for more research into [...]

Have a listen here to me and Lib Dem MP Tessa Munt discussing how a female Director General might make a difference at the BBC on Woman’s Hour – presented by Jane Garvey. As always a pleasure and hugely exciting being a guest on Woman’s Hour.

The new EU laws do not go far enough and tackle how to control what regular web users write or post about others, without their permission, online. New EU laws announced yesterday, which mean social networking sites and companies will be forced to delete inaccurate or embarrassing information about people online should be applauded. But [...]

On this week’s show we had a staggering response to a discussion about proposed changes to the Child Protection Agency. Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Minister, has defended the idea of charging to use the agency, which secures maintenance for children from absent parents, and levying a tax on each payment the department [...]