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 · Jun 13, 2023
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 · Jun 12, 2023
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 · Jun 7, 2023
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 · Jun 5, 2023
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 · Jun 4, 2023
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 · Jun 2, 2023
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 · May 30, 2023
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 · May 30, 2023
'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 · Mar 2, 2023
'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 · Mar 1, 2023
‘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 · Mar 1, 2023
'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 · Feb 28, 2023
‘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 · Feb 28, 2023
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 · Feb 28, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023 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 · Feb 14, 2023 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
Chronicle Live · Nov 1, 2022 '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 · Nov 1, 2022 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
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022 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 · Jun 30, 2022 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…