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Lots of people online say the media has been too negative during the pandemic and just hunts for bad stories to get clicks.
Here are some of the backtracks and policy changes prompted by reporting of what is going on:
Lots of people online say the media has been too negative during the pandemic and just hunts for bad stories to get clicks.
Here are some of the backtracks and policy changes prompted by reporting of what is going on:
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March 26: Barclays says it won’t hold company directors personally liable for emergency loans
April 5: The ExCel centre says it won’t charge the NHS for use of Nightingale Hospital space
April 27: Gov says Sage advice and membership to be published before end of Covid



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April 30: Victoria Beckham u-turns on decision to furlough all her staff
May 2: Welsh government says it will start testing in care homes after all
May 5: Neil Ferguson resigns
May 12: Sunak says furlough scheme will be more flexible




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May 20: NHS bereavement scheme extended to all NHS workers
May 21: £400 NHS surcharge scrapped for migrant health workers
May 21: Lord Fox apologises and pays back money he claimed from furlough scheme


