The inquiry into the UK’s preparedness for and response to the Covid-19 pandemic is set to begin its public hearings next month
In a letter released after a 4pm deadline to hand over the material, the Cabinet Office said it was seeking a judicial review of chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s order, arguing that it should not have to supply material which is “unambiguously irrelevant”., a campaign group made up of 6,000 relatives, suggested the Cabinet Office had demonstrated its willingness to shield Rishi Sunak’s reputation at the expense of the inquiry.
“Families like mine have done all we can to campaign for an inquiry that is across all of the facts and can learn lessons that will stop others going through the horrors that we have.
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