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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pippa Crerar, Josh Halliday and Haroon Siddique

Lucy Letby inquiry could be upgraded to compel witnesses, No 10 indicates

The Countess of Chester hospital.
The Countess of Chester hospital. The government has been under pressure to rethink its approach to the inquiry into events at the hospital’s neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The official inquiry into the murders committed by Lucy Letby could be upgraded to compel witnesses to give evidence, Downing Street has indicated.

Rishi Sunak has come under growing pressure from victims’ families and experts who want the investigation strengthened to become a statutory inquiry, giving its chair full legal powers to summon witnesses.

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