The Briefing Room Episodes Available now
Can the NHS recover from coronavirus?
What has the pandemic done to healthcare in the UK and will it get back on track?
The Leicester lockdown
How local lockdowns will work, Leicester’s is likely to be the first of many.
Can Britain avoid mass-unemployment?
Creating and protecting jobs in the time of the coronavirus.
China and the Pandemic
How have China's relations with other countries changed since the arrival of the virus?
Coronavirus and the economy
What are the pandemic and lockdown doing to the economy and and what could happen next?
Covid-19 and the Care Sector
Have the mounting deaths exposed cracks in the way we deliver care to the most vulnerable?
Easing the lockdown
Some countries have opened schools and non-food shops. Can the lockdown be eased safely?
The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic
What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be?
The Inequalities of Lockdown
What do we know about the impact of the lockdown on different people and places?
Covid-19: What Next?
How close to a vaccine are we and how important is mass testing?