County Lines - the new breed of exploitation plaguing the streets of a town near you.
Jason Farrell is Home Editor of Sky News and has been nominated
three times as Specialist Journalist of the Year by the Royal
Television Society (RTS). Most recently in 2018 he was shortlisted
for his ground-breaking investigation into the drug Primodos. His
documentary Primodos: The Secret Drug Scandal was nominated as
current affairs programme of the year. The film's revelations were
applauded by reviewers and led to headlines around the world. It
has also prompted a new government review into the medicine.
Most recently he has conducted investigations into County Lines
drug dealing, the Telford child abuse scandal, schools
'off-rolling' difficult children and the Far Right. Previously, he
was a Senior Political Correspondent at Sky News. He covered the
2014 Scottish referendum, the 2015 general election and the 2016
Brexit referendum, interviewing all the key politicians along the
way including David Cameron during his renegotiations and Boris
Johnson, as he campaigned on the infamous red bus. He travelled
with Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the 2017 election and accompanied
Theresa May on diplomatic missions to Japan, India, Iraq, Saudi
Arabia and Jordan.
Prior to politics Jason was a crime and investigations
correspondent heading up an investigative team at Sky News that
produced numerous scoops including uncovering the misselling of
Swaps by high street banks that would eventually lead to big
industry pay-outs. He also covered major breaking home and
international news stories from the disappearance of Madeleine
McCann to terrorist attacks in the UK and abroad, the Grenfell fire
and the financial crisis in southern Europe. He has made several
documentaries for Sky News including, The Raqqa Resistance and
Brussels Terror Central. He also directed and presented the
independent film Running With Bulls. Jason is co-author of the book
How to Lose A Referendum (Biteback, 2017) which is considered one
of the best independent explanations of the reasons behind Brexit.
Prior to Sky News, Jason worked for Five News, ITV News and the
BBC.
This is a really riveting and important read. An ongoing betrayal
of vulnerable young people comparable in scale and scope to the
'grooming gangs' scandals. All expertly described by Jason
Farrell.
*James O'Brien*
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