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Covid inquiry

A year since the UK went into lockdown, the government is facing growing calls to hold an inquiry into how the country responded to the pandemic

13 June 2023

  • UK ‘might not have been well prepared at all’ for pandemic, says Covid inquiry counsel – video

    Hugo Keith KC, Covid inquiry’s counsel, says UK was not ready for the impact of a pandemic

16 April 2021

  • How the UK government sidestepped the data on coronavirus – video explainer

    As calls for a public inquiry mount, the Guardian's Pamela Duncan goes through the instances when the government was out of line with the data on Covid-19

18 March 2021

  • An intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England, in May 2020.

    Any Covid inquiry must help us 'fix the roof' before the next pandemic hits

    Charlotte Summers
  • Oxford Street in central London on December 14, 2020.

    Delaying England's winter lockdown 'caused up to 27,000 extra Covid deaths'

17 March 2021

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    Labour calls for full Covid public inquiry starting in June

  • Jo Goodman, who lost her father Stuart, 72, to Covid- 19

    Bereaved families issue legal ultimatum to Boris Johnson over Covid inquiry

  • Bereaved families

    'It was avoidable': families bereaved in second wave call for Covid inquiry

  • We spoke to four people about the impact losing a loved one has had on them, and about their search for answers in a country with the worst death toll per capita of any of the world’s large economies

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    Voices of the Covid bereaved: 'Our loved ones aren't just a number' – video

  • Public support for Covid inquiry more than twice as high as opposition – poll

  • Johnson wants to move on from Covid – 125,000 deaths shows why we need an inquiry

    Rafael Behr

16 March 2021

  • A composite image including Nicola Richards, Lobby Akinnola, Dr Richard Breeze, Christina Pagel, Carmel O’Boyle and Dr Arif Dasu.

    'Somebody has to answer for this': voices from the frontline on why we need a Covid inquiry

  • A composite of photos of a nurse, some medical staff in PPE, Matt Hancock, residents and staff in a care home, and names and birth and death dates of victims of Covid written on cardboard

    Bereaved families call for judge-led public inquiry into UK Covid response

  • A dozen influential figures told the Guardian they supported a public inquiry.

    Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson to launch coronavirus inquiry

  • UK’s response to Covid: issues that a public inquiry could examine (VERSION 2 - USE THIS)

    UK's response to Covid: issues that a public inquiry could examine

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