Covid-19
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The End of the Rhetorical Line? The ‘Partygate’ Investigation into Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
How far was the House of Commons misled over Johnson's alleged lockdown parties in Number Ten?
- Conservative Party
- Covid-19
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Review: Emergency State. How we Lost our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters, by Adam Wagner
A new book on the human rights impacts of the pandemic, written by a human rights barrister at Doughty Street Chambers.
- Parliament
- Covid-19
- Human Rights
- Courts
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Review: Emergency State. How we Lost our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why it Matters, by Adam Wagner
A book full of detail about the level of authoritarian restrictions implemented during the pandemic.
- Covid-19
- Human Rights
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Review: NHS under Siege. The Fight to Save it in the Age of Covid, by John Lister and Jacky Davis
Britons of all persuasions routinely describe their country’s institutions as the best in the world and would insist that its levels of corruption are the very lowest. How government tackled the pandemic suggests that the latter needs some review.
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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The Pandemic Brought the Vulnerabilities of Local Government into Sharp Focus
What were the responses of local government during the pandemic? What do these responses reveal about the resilience of local government?
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Were Local Governments Well-Equipped to Overcome Covid-19?
What were the responses of local government during the pandemic? And what do these responses reveal about their levels of resilience?
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Longitudinal Study Shows Decline of Trust in Politicians During Covid-19
A new longitudinal study on political trust shows that as levels of trust declined during the pandemic, so too did the likelihood of people following the government’s health measures.
- Political Parties
- Covid-19
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How Covid Changed Relations Between the UK Government and Private Providers
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government used emergency legislation to change its relationship with private providers. This risks a permanent change in government-provider relations, to the detriment of the UK's contracting out framework.
- Trade
- Covid-19
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Why Scientific Advice About Covid-19 Was Ignored in Switzerland
Why did Swiss politics have so much trouble using scientific advice during a major national crisis?
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
