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COVID-19: Picking up the pieces

02 July 2020 / Keith Wilding , Sue Bent
Issue: 7893 / Categories: Opinion , Covid-19 , Legal services
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Keith Wilding & Sue Bent assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic & question the wellbeing of the poorest in society both now & in the post-lockdown world

If you have retained your stamina and you are coping with your anxiety then you are probably still watching the media coverage of COVID-19 and aware that it is telling us about the devastating and disproportionate effect on the poorest in our society. This is a truism that is very evident to those in the social welfare law sector which has spent years trying to combat and ameliorate the effects of austerity and is now picking up the pieces from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Central England Law Centre (CELC) is the largest law centre in England with operating centres in Coventry and Birmingham and, along with other social welfare agencies, is in the forefront of the battle to counter some of the worst effects of the social consequences of the outbreak. Among other things, the dedicated

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