Revealed: UK police and Home Office ran immigration raids on care homes during Covid-19
New data has revealed that raids carried out by immigration officials are not only cruel, but often ineffective.
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The pandemic was a communal trauma, and we need culture to help us process it
I loathed the idea of lockdown novels or TV. In its own tragicomic way I’m a Celebrity has changed my…
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Why are Covid-19 cases rising again?
Colder temperatures, increased socialising, waning immunity and Omicron subvariants are all causing a coronavirus increase in the UK.
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“I miss memories”: how Covid-19 shook Britain’s children
A new report, exclusively shared with the New Statesman, reveals the pandemic experiences of young people – in their own…
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What happens when there is an infectious disease outbreak in the UK?
First Covid, now Monkeypox. How do experts track and control epidemics and pandemics?
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Boris Johnson still does not understand his great betrayal of ordinary people
The brave and dignified patients I encountered during the pandemic are the polar opposite of the Prime Minister.
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Forget irony, I have discovered earnestness – and it is wonderful
My tendency towards glibness did not protect me from the madness of Covid. What helped, instead, was art.
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Hong Kong’s deadly Covid surge
Morgues are filling up and the city is reportedly running out of coffins as Hong Kong's hospitals are overwhelmed.
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