
At the end of 2019, the Conservatives had just swept to power with the biggest majority since the 2001 general election and in so doing put an end to the divisive issue of what kind of Brexit would be delivered. The new government led by Boris Johnson pledged an end to the era of austerity and to invest in “levelling up” deprived areas of England through spending on infrastructure projects. At the same time, 5,000 miles away in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the seeds of the Covid-19 pandemic were being sown. Within three months it had engulfed the world with devastating effects and led to the UK implementing several national lockdowns in 2020 and 2021.
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