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Statement On Leicester And Local Lockdowns
July 2, 2020 Emergency MeasuresPandemic Policy
The lockdown in Leicester constitutes a foreseeable crisis of the Government’s own making. It has come too late and, by being imposed on the locality, rather than being developed and implemented with the locality, it risks creating uncertainty, dissent, and even disorder.
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Statement On Changes To Government Guidance On Shielding
June 30, 2020 Contact TracingEmergency MeasuresPandemic Policy
We have deep concerns about the plans for shielding to be ‘paused’ on 1st August.
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If Current Infection Rates Continue, Could See 20,000 More Deaths By Spring 2021
June 26, 2020 Contact TracingMitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy
Re-opening of pubs & restaurants on Independence Day ‘sends totally wrong message to public’
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Launch Of The Independent SAGE Behavioural Advisory Group
June 23, 2020 Group News
A new Behavioural Advisory Group has been formed to contribute to the discussions, advice and papers of Independent Sage. The...
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Review Of Scientific Evidence Of Changing Social Distancing Guidelines
June 22, 2020 Mitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy
Independent SAGE warns that it is not safe to relax social distancing rules for indoor settings and that the government’s proposal to reduce to 1 metre will ‘effectively end’ social distancing in Britain.
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Statement On NHS Test And Trace Missing 75% Of Cases
June 11, 2020 Contact Tracing
Matt Hancock said today that 85% of contacts had been traced. This is deeply misleading as it relates only to the 5407 individuals who were reached by contact tracers and ignores the 75% of new cases that were simply not found.
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Open Letter From Opposition Parties To Sir David King And His Reply
May 29, 2020 Mitigation MeasuresPandemic Policy
Caroline Lucas MP, Ed Davey MP, Liz Saville Roberts MP, Colum Eastwood MP and Stephen Farry MP seek the advice of the alternative SAGE committee