The Coronavirus 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

receiving more Twitter shares than the World Health Organisation and Centers for Disease Control

Social scientist Colin Talbot analyses the summer slowdown of the Government’s mass immunisation campaign

Peter Thiel's Palantir and an AI-company linked to Dominic Cummings combined have won public sector contracts worth over £100 million – including contracts connected to NHS data. Max Colbert reports with The Citizens

Company behind £450,000 donations to the Conservative party awarded a series of emergency Covid-19 work, alongside contract for new prison build, Max Colbert reports 

Richard Murphy looks at the Government’s poor decision making around Coronavirus costs, and how their poor accounting could be used as another excuse to cut public spending

The toxic influence of right-wing radio has played a role in the country’s changing fortunes when it comes to the Coronavirus pandemic, says CJ Werleman

A former senior advisor to the SARS Commission believes there should be an investigation into how responses to the Coronavirus pandemic were based on an outmoded theory, leading to the deaths of healthcare workers

As people turn off the ‘Test and Trace’ app to avoid being told to self-isolate, Sophia Alexandra Hall investigates the class implications of the ‘pingdemic’

The Government’s outsourcing effort reveals a huge diversity imbalance in private sector suppliers, report the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens

The Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens report on yet more conflict of interest questions surrounding the Government’s procurement during the pandemic