Good neighbours? No, UK’s community spirit fell in summer Covid lockdown

Despite feelgood stories such as Captain Tom Moore, people actually felt more estranged during restrictions, says report

From the likes of Liam Gallagher and Take That’s Mark Owen leading spirit-raising singalongs in Manchester, to the generous donations that flooded in to Captain Sir Tom Moore, the Covid pandemic appears to have brought the nation together.

But it transpires that neighbourhood cohesion, despite anecdotal evidence suggesting it was high at the start of the pandemic, declined during the UK’s locked-down summer, according to research from Essex and Manchester universities.

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