>Boris Johnson has finally officially opened the Covid public inquiry – just two days after families threatened legal action over delays.
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>The Prime Minister said in a written statement that the official probe into how his government handled the pandemic would get underway today.
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He had pledged the inquiry would get underway in “spring 2022”, but despite former Court of Appeal judge Heather Hallett being picked to lead the inquiry some six months ago, Mr Johnson had failed to act.
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> “The UK inquiry into Covid-19 is now formally established and able to begin its important work,” he said.
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>News the inquiry has officially started comes just two days after the campaign group Covid 19 Families For Justice declared they were prepared to launch judicial review proceedings. …
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>([🪞](https://archive.ph/pc1vM))
Wide-ranging investigation into pandemic deaths and the impacts of lockdown could drag on until 2026
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“The inquiry found there was no appetite to investigate”
They should all be put in the stocks and pelted with rotten fruit. It’s the least they deserve
I could swear he repeatedly said that he had “got all of the big calls right” so why he needs an enquiry which will surely just tell all of us how fantastically well he did and how much of a stellar and amazing leader he is completely baffles me!?
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>Boris Johnson has finally officially opened the Covid public inquiry – just two days after families threatened legal action over delays.
>
>The Prime Minister said in a written statement that the official probe into how his government handled the pandemic would get underway today.
>
He had pledged the inquiry would get underway in “spring 2022”, but despite former Court of Appeal judge Heather Hallett being picked to lead the inquiry some six months ago, Mr Johnson had failed to act.
>
> “The UK inquiry into Covid-19 is now formally established and able to begin its important work,” he said.
>
>News the inquiry has officially started comes just two days after the campaign group Covid 19 Families For Justice declared they were prepared to launch judicial review proceedings. …
>
>([🪞](https://archive.ph/pc1vM))
More:
Guardian: [Delayed public inquiry into UK’s Covid-19 response opens](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/28/delayed-public-inquiry-into-uks-covid-19-response-opens)
Launch comes days after campaigners for bereaved threatened legal action over government delays
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Independent: [Covid fifth wave: Hospitals bring back masks on wards just weeks after rules relaxed](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/hospitals-masks-covid-surge-b2111021.html) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/V3GAH))
Covid waves are likley to have a ‘deleterious’ impact on hospital waiting times, warns senior medic
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Telegraph: [Covid inquiry must publish report before next general election, MPs demand ](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/28/covid-inquiry-must-publish-interim-report-next-general-election/) – ([🪞](https://archive.ph/qUj3w))
Wide-ranging investigation into pandemic deaths and the impacts of lockdown could drag on until 2026
–
“The inquiry found there was no appetite to investigate”
They should all be put in the stocks and pelted with rotten fruit. It’s the least they deserve
I could swear he repeatedly said that he had “got all of the big calls right” so why he needs an enquiry which will surely just tell all of us how fantastically well he did and how much of a stellar and amazing leader he is completely baffles me!?