Covid legacy

2 articles

Dec 9, 2025 • via the Guardian

£2.3 Billion Funds Distant School Taxis

Councils blame names and Covid for SEND transport surge

England's £2.3bn annual school transport bill exposes absent local SEND provision, with councils proposing semantic fixes over capacity building. Taxpayers fund isolation taxis amid cross-party planning failures.

Dec 9, 2025 • via thetimes.com

Covid Lingers as the Unspoken Scapegoat

Backlogs double, debt surges £300bn, welfare claims explode—yet leaders avert their gaze

Lingering pandemic effects dominate court delays, NHS waits, and welfare costs, but pre-existing institutional frailties across governments turned shocks into systemic breakdowns. Silence perpetuates the decline.