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Covid19: How governments keep public trust in a crisis - BBC Newsnight
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14:11Now PlayingHow does a government maintain the trust of its people in crisis situations, such as the coronavirus pandemic? Subscribe to our channel here
For the first time in history, Parliament sat virtually as a result of Covid-19, with a number of MPs participating in Prime Minister’s Questions via videoconferencing.
But while the technical method may be new - the traditional politics returned, with opposition leader Kier Starmer laying blame at the government’s feet they had failed to act fast enough.
The public has largely been supportive of government actions to fight coronavirus. But as problems such as the supply of PPE, care home deaths, and fears over the safety of frontline workers grow, how long will that supportiveness continue?
How does a government maintain the trust of its people in crisis situations?
Political Editor Nick Watt reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by former universities minister David Willetts and former advisor to Ed Miliband, Steward Wood.
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