Report: Chinese Students Are At The Forefront Of Anti-Lockdown Protests
by Jessie Lau
Since president Xi Jinping took power in 2012, activism has been constricted. For many young people, recent mass protests are their first taste of dissent.
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Report: The DWP Is ‘Unlawfully’ Chasing People to Pay Back Benefits Claimed in Lockdown
by Sophie K Rosa
Claimants who relied on universal credit during the pandemic have had threatening letters and phone calls from private debt collectors following a Kafkaesque ID checking process.
Live: Met Police Block Sue Gray’s Report Into Lockdown Parties
After originally refusing to investigate Downing Street Parties, the Met Police have now spiked the report that was supposed to tell us all the truth. Has Cressida Dick saved Boris Johnson?
Live: Johnson’s Hollow Apology for Lockdown Party
Boris Johnson has admitted attending a lockdown party, but won't stop repeating his ridiculous excuses. Is it now time up for the PM?
Live: Will the UK Lockdown Again This Xmas?
Boris Johnson is considering banning household mixing for a month after Christmas. Is it necessary, and why are the government again trading early action for extreme measures later?
Live: Will Boosters Save Us From a Winter Lockdown?
Trials have shown booster shots to be incredibly effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19. Will it be enough to get us through winter without new restrictions?
Live: When Should Lockdown End?
Does the successful vaccine rollout mean lockdown restrictions should be lifted?
Report: Early Years Practitioners Are Being Forced Into Work During Lockdown. Now They’re Getting Organised
by Sophie K Rosa
While teachers have fought for and won the closure of schools during lockdown, early years settings are being forced to stay open. Now, practitioners are starting to get organised. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Live: London Into Tier 3 Lockdown
As cases surge, London is entering a Tier 3 lockdown. But with schools staying open, is time running out to prevent carnage this Christmas?
Opinion: Shielders Have Been Abandoned During Lockdown – It Can’t Happen Again
by Jamie Hale
The government has failed shielding people in this second lockdown, argues Jamie Hale. It must act quickly and decisively to ensure they get the support they need and deserve.
Live: Johnson’s Lockdown U-Turn
The Tories have been trashing the idea of a second English lockdown for weeks. They’ve finally implemented one in. But is it a month too late? With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Live: Lockdown Reloaded
10 million people in the UK now live under local restrictions, and a nationwide lockdown looks to be incoming. Will the government come to regret bullying us into our offices, and giving us all discounts in pubs? Plus: why no-one understands government testing figures (including Matt Hancock); Priti Patel’s War on Cocaine; Joe Biden’s Beef […]
Opinion: The Real Reason Lockdown is Ending? Our Broken Economic System Has No Alternative
by Aaron Bastani
As Britain feigns a return to normality, it’s increasingly clear that the economy matters more to this government than human life. Aaron Bastani argues we aren’t exiting lockdown because it’s safe, but because there's no other option for our already broken economic system.
Opinion: All Work, No Sex: Boris Johnson’s ‘Road Map’ for Leaving Lockdown Is Driven by Ideology Not Science
by Sophie K Rosa
You can travel on packed public transport, but you can't protest police racism. You can go to work, but not to the home of a friend or family member - unless you're Dominic Cummings, of course. The government's plan for easing lockdown is as inadequate, ideological and inconsistent as Boris Johnson's overall handling of a pandemic in which he has presided over more than 50,000 deaths, writes Sophie K Rosa.
Report: BAME People Are More Likely to Have Been Fined for Breaking Lockdown Across the Country, FOI Data Shows
by Nic Murray
Exclusive: New figures obtained by FOI request suggest police forces outside of London were 4.4 times more likely to issue £60 fines to BAME people than to white people during the first week of lockdown. Nic Murray reports.
Report: ‘He should never have been discharged’: How Mental Health Patients Are Being Failed During Lockdown
by Natalie Leal
In the face of an already stretched mental health system, some patients' families are arguing that, in the rush to prepare for coronavirus, their relatives were let out too early and without sufficient safeguards and support in place, writes Natalie Leal.
Report: How Universal Credit Is Exacerbating Financial Abuse Under Lockdown
by Lucy Whitehouse
The way that universal credit is paid puts survivors of abuse at increased risk. With lockdown further exacerbating these issues, survivors and activists alike are calling for changes to the system to better protect those in danger, writes Lucy Whitehouse.
Report: ‘Are we going to be the next Grenfell?’: The People in Lockdown in Buildings With Fire Risks
by James Moules
Nearly three years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, dozens of buildings across the UK still have flammable cladding and other fire safety hazards. Under lockdown, people living in these buildings are terrified. James Moules reports from the north west.