Pressure grows for Covid inquiry to be fast-tracked after Hancock WhatsApp leak Labour calls for prime minister to ensure that no key evidence, including social media data, is erased The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023
Ministers rally behind Covid inquiry after Hancock WhatsApp revelations Government seeks to bolster confidence in public investigation amid claims process will take too long The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Covid inquiry chair rejects journalist’s fear of ‘colossal whitewash’ Heather Hallett hits back at scepticism that Isabel Oakeshott says led her to share Matt Hancock messages The Guardian - 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
UK Covid inquiry urged to consider structural racism in every part of investigation Almost all minority ethnic groups were more likely to die from virus than white British people The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
UK and Scotland Covid inquiries work together to avoid doubling workload Organisers said the inquiry teams will meet at least monthly. The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023
Tory austerity chancellor George Osborne 'must appear at Covid Inquiry' say bereaved Campaigners have demanded that Mr Osborne, who unleashed a devastating assault on public services after the Conservatives took power in 2010, answers questions over whether this led to thousands of Covid deaths Daily Mirror · Feb 19, 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 Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2023
Mark Drakeford accused of insulting campaigners for a Covid inquiry Campaigners say that the First Minister "lied in the Senedd" when he claimed they had moved on from asking for a Wales only inquiry Wales Online · Oct 5, 2022
Key differences between Covid, cold and flu as common symptoms often overlap Covid-19, flu and the common cold can be often confused as they can have very similar symptoms. However, health experts have explained that some symptoms may signal which illness you have Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022
Covid inquiry: Those who suffered will be at its heart, Baroness Hallett vows The former judge promised that the inquiry would ‘not drag on for decades, producing reports when it is too late for them to do any good’. The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
UK begins first inquiry into government’s pandemic response The UK recorded more than 20 million COVID-19 cases and more than 166,000 deaths, the seventh-highest death rate. Al Jazeera · 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 The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
‘Deeply worrying’ that UK Covid-19 inquiry has started but not Scottish one A solicitor acting on behalf bereaved Scottish families said the resignation of Scottish inquiry chairwoman Lady Poole was ‘deeply worrying’. The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022
Daily Mirror · Oct 4, 2022 Emotional minute's silence held at Covid inquiry as grieving families demand answers Baroness Heather Hallett opened the Covid inquiry promising bereaved families would be at the heart of business promising a "fair and thorough" investigation today
Manchester Evening News · Oct 4, 2022 "There's one word that sums up the pandemic for so many, loss": Covid-19 public inquiry starts The inquiry is expected to hold its first evidence hearings in late spring next year
The National (Scotland) · Oct 4, 2022 Bereaved families will be at heart of Covid-19 public inquiry, says chairwoman BEREAVED families and those who suffered will be at the heart of the Covid-19 public inquiry, its chairwoman has said, as she promised to be…
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2022 Covid inquiry: Those who suffered will be at its heart, chairwoman says The inquiry is expected to last at least a year, with the first evidence sessions starting in spring 2023.
Wales Online · Oct 4, 2022 Welsh families who lost loved ones to Covid win battle to have voices heard at UK public inquiry The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru (CBFJC) group was granted 'core participant status' in the first module of the inquiry
The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022 Covid inquiry to examine how Boris Johnson’s cabinet handled pandemic Second part of investigation will focus on early 2020 and what was known about the virus at the time
Daily Mirror · Jul 25, 2022 Two new long Covid symptoms officially added to list of warning signs - see in full The most common symptoms include loss of smell, shortness of breath and chest pain, according to new research from the University of Birmingham
Daily Mirror · Jul 24, 2022 How long-awaited Covid-19 inquiry will work and what it means for Boris Johnson Details have emerged about the long-awaited Covid-19 Inquiry - with key witnesses set to be grilled in public next year
The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022 Public inquiry into UK Covid-19 response opens Ministers to face cross-examination as chair Lady Hallett says inequalities will be ‘at forefront’ of investigation
The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022 Covid inquiry to conclude ‘as speedily as possible’ to learn lessons for future Baroness Heather Hallett said preliminary hearings will start as soon as September this year, ahead of full hearings in late spring 2023.
Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2022 Boris Johnson finally starts Covid inquiry - two days after families threatened legal action Prime Minister Boris Johnson had pledged the official probe into how his government handed the pandemic would get underway in “spring 2022”