Johnson backtracks on meeting group for Covid-19 bereaved

PM appeared to agree on Sky News to meet justice campaigners but now says it is ‘regrettably not possible’

• Coronavirus – latest updates
• See all our coronavirus coverage

Boris Johnson has declined to meet members of a campaign group representing families bereaved by coronavirus, despite appearing to promise to do so on live TV last week.

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK, which says it represents 1,600 bereaved families, is campaigning for a rapid public inquiry into the government’s response to the pandemic and is taking legal action to force one, sending pre-action letters to the government.

Continue reading…