Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice

Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice (also known as Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK) is a pressure group of over 4,000 relatives of people who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.^[1]^[2] The group created the National Covid Memorial Wall^[3] and runs a support group on Facebook.^[4] They called for a statutory public inquiry into the UK government's handling of the pandemic.^[5] On 12 May 2021, then-prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the UK Covid-19 Inquiry would begin in Spring 2022.^[6]

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^ Booth, Robert; Macwhirter, Jamie (17 March 2021). "'It was avoidable': families bereaved in second wave call for Covid inquiry". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ Pylas, Pan (29 March 2021). "Happy Monday? England embarks on major easing of lockdown". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ Knight, Sam (30 April 2021). "The Bodies Piled High, Whatever Boris Johnson Said". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^ "Coronavirus: Boris Johnson 'heartless' for not meeting bereaved families". BBC News. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Covid: Lessons to be learned from spring 2022 public inquiry - PM". BBC News. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2023.