Britain beyond lockdown: what we learned from two weeks on the road

People do not want to go back to the way things were, but the good intentions could fade without the right leadership

Britain is crying out for a better normal. Communities across the country are emerging from lockdown with a new sense of what is possible and what is necessary - and the answers to both go a lot further than Westminster's efforts to drive the country back to business as usual.

That was the overriding impression from a two-week reporting trip around Britain, asking people in different regions how they view recovery and whether there is an appetite for more fundamental change.