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UK was not fully prepared for the Covid pandemic

“Opening on Monday is madness”: Scientists warn cases will rise as restrictions are lifted

Alexandra Warren
18 July, 2021

“Who knows where we’ll be in six weeks’ time, but it’s not going to be anywhere better than we are now,” says Professor Christine Pagel.

A photo of a London underground train run by TFL with passengers wearing masks

Letting the mask slip: What’s really behind the Tories’ unlocking plans

Maheen Behrana
14 July, 2021

We’re back to the era of sink or swim. In a pandemic, it heralds chaos, writes Maheen Behrana.

UK was not fully prepared for the Covid pandemic

Johnson’s reckless approach will result in yet more suffering and death

Roy Wilkes
12 July, 2021

Personal responsibility won’t end the crisis. Instead, we need a communal approach and a government that does everything it can to suppress this dangerous virus, writes Roy Wilkes of Zero Covid.

Boris Johnson speaking at a desk

Scientists urge government to delay June 21 reopening because of now ‘dominant Indian variant’

Basit Mahmood
4 June, 2021

‘Right now, we do not have control over this variant and its growth in England and apparently not in Scotland either’

Matt Hancock at a Covid press conference

‘Hancock should consider his position, we know we were lied to’ says director of National Care Association

Basit Mahmood
28 May, 2021

“People lost lives and we know they lost lives unnecessarily and prematurely and had the government put in robust systems that wouldn’t have happened.”

NHS doctor: BAME people ‘almost discriminated against’ by virtual healthcare

Samantha Wathen
10 May, 2021

Barriers such as missing phone numbers, lack of privacy and poor internet connection adversely affected medical care for some groups, says Dr Latifa Patel

Two unite the union flags

REVEALED: Unite union reps report surge in mental health issues at work

John Earls
27 April, 2021

While some employers have stepped up during the pandemic, it’s public health bodies which are side-lining union reps.

Revealed: Chancellor’s secret wave of austerity on the horizon

Lucy Skoulding
22 March, 2021

Britain may be headed for a new period of Tory austerity, according to IFS analysis

It’s about trust: Covid, conspiracies and Britain’s faith groups

Laura Marks OBE
3 March, 2021

It’s time to step up the fight against Covid misinformation.

Asylum seekers in accommodation at Napier Barracks

Home Office attempts a cover up at migrant camps…before conceding possible human rights breaches

Raoul Walawalker
17 February, 2021

Investigations and a court case are bringing some awkward facts to light for Patel’s department.

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