Skip to main content

Government passing blame for isolation impact to public

Professor Adrian Bell makes a statement on the UK government's response to the COVID-19 outbreak, following the meeting of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee.

Read the full statement
Virus 4937553 1920

After the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee met this morning (Wednesday 25 March) to scrutinise the UK government's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Professor Adrian Bell, Research Dean for Prosperity and Resilience at the University of Reading, said:

“The UK government is facing some criticism today as the economic impacts of its response to the COVID-19 outbreak become clearer. It feels to some as if the government’s tactic in recent days has been to blame the public for perceived bad behaviour in ignoring social distancing, thereby requiring the imposition of more severe isolation measures and the economic costs they bring."

Next Steps

Read the full statement

Professor Adrian Bell

 Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research (Prosperity and Resilience)
Professor Adrian Bell
Published 30 March 2020
Topics:
Press releases

You might also like

Welcome Day 2012

2 October 2012
We were really pleased to welcome our 19th postgraduate student cohort to the ICMA Centre last Friday. Even the sun came out as if to celebrate the arrival of our new students who had arrived from 38 different countries.

ICMA Centre Students Celebrate Graduation Success!

2 July 2009
Champagne and Celebration was the order of the day, as the ICMA Centre celebrated the success of its students in style. Students graduated at the ceremony on 2 July in the Great Hall at the University's London Road Campus. Prior to the event, graduating students and their guests were invited to the ICMA Centre for a champagne reception.

Indebted students won't benefit from interest rate changes to their loans

11 September 2017
Why interest rate changes to student loans don’t make financial sense for the bulk of indebted students.