Report “Majority think UK government COVID-19 response worse than other developed countries, almost half say response too focused on protecting the economy”

Year of production: 2020

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The report examines how people think about the coronavirus crisis and how different institutions in the UK have responded to it, based on a survey fielded from 2 July to 8 July 2020. Among its highlights:

  • a majority of the UK public say they think the UK government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been worse than most other developed countries
  • almost half feel that the government response is too focused on protecting the economy,
  • concern over possible misinformation from the government is polarised along political lines

The report is the seventh in a series of ten Factsheets included in the UK COVID-19 news and information project that analyses how the British public navigates information and misinformation about coronavirus and about how the government and other institutions are responding to the pandemic.

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Reuters Institute

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Antonis Kalogeropoulos

Antonis Kalogeropoulos is a Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool and a Research Associate of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

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Richard Fletcher

Richard Fletcher is a Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and leads the Institute’s research team.

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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is the Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.

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