The 12-month stretch: where the Government has delivered – and where it has failed – during the Covid-19 crisis

The 12-month stretch: where the Government has delivered – and where it has failed – during the Covid-19 crisis This briefing note explores the past 12 months of the pandemic through the health crisis, the economic crisis, and their impact on households’ ability to cope financially. It considers the big picture of what policy makers have done, how well they have done it, and where it’s left people, both in terms of health and economic outcomes. It concludes that the past year has been marked by successes on income support and vaccines, but also failures on lockdown that have cost lives and deepened the economic crisis, and a legacy of inequality that needs to be addressed in the recovery. Resolution Foundation