Action needed to tackle post-Covid ‘loneliness emergency’, MPs say
Investing in more benches, public toilets and street lighting will encourage people to reconnect, says parliamentary group
Britain needs more benches, public toilets and street lighting to encourage lonely people to start mixing socially again once the lockdown ends, MPs and peers say.
Action is needed to tackle a “loneliness emergency” that the Covid pandemic has exacerbated by denying people contact with family and friends, the parliamentarians say.
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