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Jun 6, 2022 · In many cases, Occupy activists were playing the role of first responder – particularly to those residents living in public housing and racialized enclaves in Queens and Brooklyn, which were effectively off the map of state-led recovery efforts (Conroy Citation 2019, 876).
- When Did Support End?
- What Support Was Provided For Individuals?
- What Support Was Provided For Businesses?
- How Did Support Provided Change Over The Crisis?
Support programmes were gradually phased out over the summer and early autumn of 2021 as public restrictions were lifted and the economy reopened. The final support measures to end – as part of the government’s ‘Living with Covid’ strategy – were the payments for self-isolation and the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme, in February and M...
An unprecedented package of support for individuals was announced at the start of the crisis in March 2020. The bulk of support for workers was provided through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme(CJRS, or ‘furlough’) and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). A £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit supported the lowest-paid and unempl...
Business support consisted of a mix of grants, loans, and temporary tax cuts. The government guaranteed loans, either in part or in full, to provide liquidity to businesses across the economy and prevent insolvencies when uncertainty was too high for private-sector financial institutions to take on the risk. A total of 1.7m loans have been awarded ...
When support was initially announced, it was only expected to last for a few months, but the need for continuing restrictions led to extensions. The timeline shows how economic support programmes for individuals and businesses were adapted over the course of the pandemic.
We launched our inquiry into state aid and post-Brexit competition policy in September 2021, as the third strand in our Post-Pandemic Economic Growth inquiry. 7 We did so with the belief that an effective competition, state aid and consumer regime is an important component of government efforts to stimulate economic growth.
Nov 29, 2021 · Public health must strengthen the basics and acknowledge that current failures are the result of broken and underfunded public health systems. We must redefine public health to be more than public policies, but a robust community led effort to detect and suppress emerging outbreaks.
- Victoria Haldane, Anne-Sophie Jung, Chuan De Foo, Mathias Bonk, Margaret Jamieson, Shishi Wu, Monica...
- 2021
Jul 27, 2020 · The role of EU State aid law in reducing the economic risk. The sudden economic decline caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, colloquially referred to as the “black swan of 2020”, 25 has created a “state of emergency” in the EU.
- Delia Ferri
- 2021
Dec 4, 2021 · Using a conceptual framework for key stages from outbreak to pandemic, we map the chronology of documented actions against the obligations under the IHR to establish how systems functioned and to identify potential areas for improvement and further clarity in early outbreak alert and response.
What has emerged strongly for me are four key areas which have been most effective in containing the spread of the virus and preventing deaths. Early and effective action to control borders and...
