The Coronavirus Crisis

Crowd behaviour helped public health initiatives in the early stages of the Coronavirus pandemic, but social proofing also means that people are easily influenced to reject safety measures, writes Clara Hickman

Byline Times warned the public about ‘herd immunity’ from the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis – now two influential House of Commons committees have concluded that it was the result of Boris Johnson’s handling of the pandemic in its early stages

Twelve COVID-contract winning firms with ties to the Conservative Party have increased their profits by 57.1%, Byline Times and The Citizens reveal

Nathan O’Hagan delves into the myths and misinformation causing vaccine reticence among professional players

Nafeez Ahmed reports on the recently formed APPG on Pandemic Response and Recovery, chaired by a Conservative MP, and which includes climate science deniers among its members

As Covid lobbying groups combine to oppose child vaccination, Nafeez Ahmed and Karam Bales investigate how conspiracy theories and pseudoscience disfigure public debate

Matthew Gwyther considers how the pandemic shifted office norms, and the dilemmas associated with our new routines

Psychiatrist Benjamin Janaway wanted to understand why people have turned to COVID conspiracy theories. This is what he found

New data reveals another source of significant Government spending during the pandemic, reports Sam Bright

The study delves into the health inequalities that have afflicted Britain during the COVID-19 crisis

Saba Salman reports on a forthcoming independent study, part-funded by the Department of Health and Social Care – the findings of which are in stark contrast to messages from Boris Johnson’s administration around adapting to the Coronavirus and reforming adult social care

With schools in England reopening with no real mitigation measures in place, concerns mount that educational settings could become the epicentre of a new surge in Coronavirus cases and instances of Long COVID in children

An open letter to the Education Secretary by experts urges the Government to rethink its back to school policy, which they say contains no plans for any robust COVID mitigation measures

The Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveal how anti-lockdown groups can be easy prey to pseudo-scientific theories about the Coronavirus and the impact of vaccines

An exclusive investigation by The Citizens and the Byline Intelligence Team reveals just how dependent the UK’s testing capability is on foreign imports

England’s vaccine strategy is endangering the young, says Mike Buckley

Lord Tony Berkeley, the deputy chair of Boris Johnson's review into the high speed rail link, claims the public is being kept in the dark over spiralling costs

CJ Werleman reports on the disinformation being disseminated by those on the Christian right around the Coronavirus which is now spreading via social media to followers further afield

After the scandal of crony contracts, Stephen Colegrave digs into the Government's Green Paper setting out a new regime to regulate nearly £300 billion in public spending

Professor Chris Painter looks at the Government's unprecedented and unilaterist policy-making and the dire implications for the quality of UK governance