The Latest Breaking News from Lobby Akinnola

Bereaved families demonstrate outside UK Covid-19 Inquiry

A group of people stood outside Dorland House in London during the lunch break, some holding pictures of loved ones.

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024

Kemi Badenoch faces backlash after claiming Covid Partygate row was ‘overblown’

The newly elected Tory leader said the story was exaggerated as she praised Boris Johnson as a ‘great prime minister’

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2024

‘Skill set of a clown’: Covid bereaved frustrated by Boris Johnson evidence

Families who had travelled to see former PM say inquiry appearance showed him to be ‘careless and chaotic’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023

Boris Johnson's partygate defence a 'nonsense' says man whose dad died of Covid

Lobby Akinnola's father was buried the day before then-PM Johnson was photographed sitting with his wife Carrie and staff at a table with wine and cheese in the No 10 garden

Wales Online · Mar 21, 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

I'm A Celebrity: Bereaved families send banner over jungle camp with message for Matt Hancock

A plane pulling a 35-metre banner with the message, 'Covid bereaved say get out of here!' circled the camp for two hours

Wales Online · Nov 15, 2022

Families who lost loved ones to Covid outraged by prospect of Boris Johnson return

The former premier, who resigned in July in disgrace, could be making a fresh leadership bid - but those grieving the loss of loved ones during the pandemic say their "blood boils" at the thought

Daily Mirror · Oct 21, 2022

Boris Johnson forced out in scandal but could run to replace Liz Truss as PM

A little over six weeks after he was forced from Downing Street, the former prime minister is eyeing a comeback.

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Boris Johnson lied to grieving families like mine. How is he still prime minister?

The Conservative party knows the pain its leader has caused, but it just doesn’t care, says Lobby Akinnola of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022

Daughter of Covid victim condemns ‘selfish’ Boris Johnson in wake of partygate report

Safiah Ngah said it is ‘disgusting’ No 10 staff were partying while she was not allowed to see her father in hospital prior to his death

Evening Standard · May 25, 2022