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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

Wales has developed three regional emergency response coordination centres, but the rest of the UK is not following suit. Abundant experience from the rest of Europe shows that regional coordination of civil protection resources makes sense. For years, local authorities have been starved of funds and resources. The local level.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. I have taught it every year since then.