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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

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'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

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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

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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.

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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”

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