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Bereaved families hold pictures of loved ones in vigil outside Covid inquiry

Bereaved families holding pictures of their loved ones lined up outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry building as the major probe into the handling of the pandemic officially began its public hearings. Members of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice ...

13 Jun 2023 at 10:43

Covid inquiry will be the thorough investigation the UK deserves, chair vows

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will be the thorough investigation into the pandemic that the nation deserves, chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett has vowed as she opened the hearings. Lady Hallett said she intends to answer three key questions: was the UK ...

13 Jun 2023 at 10:48

Councils ‘simply do not understand’ evidence given by Matt Hancock, inquiry told

Evidence given to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry by Matt Hancock has been called into question by local councils, which insisted his former department had “far more levers” to oversee social care provision than he suggested. A barrister representing the ...

19 Jul 2023 at 13:18

Call for urgent changes after older people left feeling that ‘nobody cares’

A woman whose father died from Covid-19 after he caught the illness in hospital has called for urgent changes to infection control policies and the treatment of bereaved families so older generations are not left feeling as though “nobody cares”....

18 Jul 2023 at 14:04

Cabinet Office refusal to hand over evidence ‘corrosive’, Covid Inquiry hears

The Cabinet Office’s refusal to hand over requested documents to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is “corrosive” and will damage confidence in the process, the opening hearing has been told. Sam Jacobs, a lawyer representing the Trades Union Congress ...

13 Jun 2023 at 18:29

High Court decision on Government challenge to Covid inquiry due on Thursday

The Cabinet Office is to learn whether it has won its legal challenge to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry chairwoman’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries. High Court judges are expected to hand down their ...

05 Jul 2023 at 12:05

Northern Ireland

‘No surprise’ briefing for minister sparse on pandemic plan detail, probe told

It is not surprising that a briefing document presented to Northern Ireland’s new health minister in January 2020 contained only two paragraphs about emergency planning for a pandemic, a senior Stormont civil servant has said. Richard ...

11 Jul 2023 at 16:12

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland could have been better prepared for pandemic, inquiry told

Northern Ireland could have been better prepared to deal with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, a barrister for the Department of Health has said. However, Neasa Murnaghan KC also told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that “substantial ...

19 Jul 2023 at 14:24

Sunak says he is ‘expansively’ helping Covid-19 inquiry after WhatsApp claims

Rishi Sunak has insisted he is “expansively” helping the UK Covid-19 Inquiry after it was claimed he is unable to provide WhatsApp messages because he failed to back them up. The Prime Minister wrote in his witness statement to the ...

03 Oct 2023 at 22:12

Covid-19 Inquiry to visit towns and cities across the UK

Representatives of the Covid-19 Inquiry will visit towns and cities across the UK over the next few weeks to meet with people impacted by the pandemic. Chair of the inquiry Baroness Heather Hallett said she wants to hear from ...

11 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Cabinet Office wary of Boris Johnson handing unredacted Covid details to inquiry

Boris Johnson’s notebooks could be withheld from the former prime minister to stop him from handing over unredacted documents to the Covid inquiry, Government lawyers have appeared to suggest. Inquiry chairwoman Baroness ...

10 Jun 2023 at 10:55

Danger Covid inquiry undermined if Government wins legal bid – Johnson lawyers

There is a “real danger” the UK Covid Inquiry would be undermined if the Cabinet Office wins its High Court bid, lawyers for former prime minister Boris Johnson have said in a dispute over his unredacted WhatsApp ...

30 Jun 2023 at 18:18

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