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The road to recovery
The pandemic didn’t create inequality in the UK – it only made it worse. But what happens next isn’t inevitable.

By
Lydia Prieg
14 July 2021

This is an article from the third issue of the New Economics Zine. You can read the full issue here
The past year has been extremely difficult for all of us. Over 4 million people in Britain have tested positive for Covid, and over 150,000 people have died with the virus on their death certificate. 2.7 million people were relying on jobseeker’s allowance or universal credit in

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Five ways to make sure everyone can afford to isolate safely
The government’s failure to support people to isolate threatens our public health

By
Lydia Prieg
29 January 2021

After seeing the highest daily death rates for the pandemic yet over the past few weeks, news headlines have focused on whether or not the public have followed lockdown rules. Illegal raves and house parties have been named and shamed. While many of us are suffering from lockdown fatigue, survey data indicates that nine in 10 people comply with most Covid-19 rules, and half comply with all the