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Lockdown lessons: what did we learn from the 2020 lockdown - and how can it help us in the difficult weeks ahead? New report from Lindsay Judge and @TorstenBell here - and five key lessons in this thread: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/lockdown-lessons/
LESSON ONE: We’re not all in this together when it comes to our homes - many low-income families will spend winter lockdown in poor quality homes, impacting both their physical and mental health.
LESSON TWO: Many children are learning and exercising in less-than-ideal conditions. More than one-in-twenty poorer children lack internet access, and more than one-in-five children in a low-income household will spend this lockdown in an overcrowded home.
LESSON THREE: Low-income families often have to spend more in lockdown - and spending increased more for lower income families with children during the first lockdown than other types of households.
LESSON FOUR: While the Covid-19 crisis had a broadly equal impact on men and women, the first lockdown had an uneven effect on the working patterns of mothers and fathers, with women almost twice as likely to cut hours of work to care for children than men during school closures.
LESSON FIVE: Just as health workers facing the Covid-19 surge in hospitals are fatigued from 2020, so are many a families’ finances: those with the lowest levels of savings are the most likely to have already drawn down on them to get through the first phase of this pandemic.
