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Heartbreak of the bereaved families who could be ‘sidelined’ from Covid inquiry

Jo Goodman says her dad got her shielding letter nine days after he died from Covid in 2020

The Independent UK

Covid-19 Inquiry: What is happening this week and why it matters

More than three years on from the first lockdown, the Inquiry will carry out the first in-depth investigation into what happened during the Covid crisis, which led to more than 227,000 deaths in the UK

Daily Mirror

Government 'trusts' Covid Inquiry chair - despite blocking release of crucial WhatsApps

The Cabinet Office has launched a judicial review - estimated to cost well into the six figures - seeking to block the disclosure of message from ex-PM Boris Johnson and key figures to the Covid inquiry

Daily Mirror

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Covid Inquiry: What you need to know with first hearings days away amid bitter WhatsApp row

Public hearings into the UK's preparedness for the Covid-19 crisis will begin next week, just days after the inquiry became mired in controversy due to a bitter legal dispute over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

Daily Mirror

Time to end cover-ups and secrecy to show Scots their leaders are honest

Mail Opinion says chiefs must do the right thing and hand over all unredacted messages, emails and documents necessary to the Scottish Covid inquiry.

Daily Record

Fears Covid inquiry could turn into whitewash amid withholding of information

Government is going to court to challenge a demand it hands over documents and evidence that will shine a light on its handling of the pandemic

Daily Mirror

11 awkward questions as Covid inquiry demands Boris Johnson's missing WhatsApps

An ugly legal row could see a court showdown between the Government and the official Covid-19 Inquiry over the shamed former PM's messages and missing notepads

Daily Mirror

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Covid Inquiry extends deadline for Government to handover unredacted messages

Covid Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett on Tuesday extended a deadline for the Government to hand over unredacted documents including Boris Johnson WhatsApp messages until 4pm on Thursday.

Evening Standard

'Burning shame as Brits from all sections of society were left in Covid's crosshairs'

All Covid support has gone, but there are still shielders – disabled people who know their underlying conditions put them at too great a risk from Covid to venture out and reclaim a fully lived life now

Daily Mirror

'Messages between Hancock and colleagues show ego-filled politicians out of their depth'

Those who lost loved ones to Covid will be reading these revelations with rage and disbelief. These messages must be examined in detail by the Covid Inquiry, which should report as soon as possible

Daily Mirror

‘End ghoulish spectacle’: Keir Starmer attacks Matt Hancock over leaked Covid messages

Labour leader demands Covid Inquiry reports by end of 2023

The Independent UK

'Race played a part in my dad's death - we urge Covid inquiry to examine this'

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice (CBFFJ), The Runnymede Trust and 25 other civil society organisations have written to Baroness Hallett, chair of the Covid Inquiry, calling for structural racism to be explicitly examined in the Covid inquiry

Daily Mirror

‘Investigate racism in Covid-19 inquiry,’ bereaved families urge government

“The role that structural racism played, and continues to play, in determining which communities were hit first and hardest by the pandemic is abundantly clear”

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry ‘must investigate structural racism as a key issue in all modules’

A letter from the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice group and others has been sent to chairwoman Baroness Hallett.

The Independent UK

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PR firm behind Tory pandemic response linked to Covid inquiry

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group say this represents a ‘conflict of interest’ in preliminary hearing

Daily Mirror

Covid inquiry told it must look at whether Tory austerity hampered readiness for pandemic

Pete Weatherby KC, representing the Covid Bereaved Families for Justice group, told a preliminary hearing today that he backs a call by the TUC for austerity to be looked at in the long-anticipated probe

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'Morally bankrupt and distasteful' - North East families' fury as Matt Hancock to star in I'm a Celebrity

Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock will be a contestant in the new series of I'm A Celebrity while the Covid inquiry is underway

Daily Mirror

Matt Hancock accused of 'cashing in' on Covid with 'sickening' I'm a Celeb appearance

Lobby Akinnola, whose father died after contracting Covid-19 in 2020, said the former Health Secretary agreeing to take part in the show was "sickening" and demonstrated a lack of "respect" for families who lost loved ones during the pandemic

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The Independent UK

Covid inquiry ‘marginalising’ bereaved on first day of hearing

Lawyer for families said there was concern about how the inquiry team had been engaging with them

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham: Our Hillsborough law is our only hope to prevent a Covid inquiry cover-up

What hope can we have that the Covid Inquiry, which finally began this week, will deliver the truth at the first time of asking? It is certainly an inquiry which matters hugely to millions. But, if the circumstances of its launch are anything to go by, people are already entitled…

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