James Forsyth James Forsyth

How will the ‘war’ on coronavirus change Britain?

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issue 28 March 2020

In the past ten days we have seen the greatest expansion of state power in British history. The state has shut down huge swaths of the economy, taken on paying the bulk of the wages of millions of private sector workers, and told citizens that they can leave their homes only for a very limited number of approved activities.

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