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Sioux

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Campaigner Clean Air Covid Action. Protect the Heart of the Arts. Covid 19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK. Fuel Poverty Action. Proud Mum of 4 who are 🏳️‍⚧️, ADHD,ASD and a wheelchair user youngster 🥰 vegan 🌱

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why we've launched a Covid Inquiry recommendations tracker - the first of its kind in the UK www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/latestupdate...
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Why we’ve launched the Covid Inquiry Recommendations Tracker — Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK
Bereaved families fought hard for the Covid Inquiry, but getting it established was never the end goal. What really matters is whether it leads to changes that prevent the same mistakes being made aga...
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The PPE scandal has been exposed. Why has almost nobody been held responsible? Our member @profnaomifulop.bsky.social writes for Patient Safety Learning’s hub on the VIP Lane and bereaved families’ fight for accountability. www.pslhub.org/learn/corona...
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The PPE scandal has been exposed. Now we need accountability
Naomi Fulop argues that although the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has exposed serious systemic failures around the procurement of PPE, meaningful accountability remains largely absent
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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
👀 Read my blog on the PPE scandal & how we’re still fighting for accountability. Without true accountability, we won’t be protected for the future. @cbffjuk.bsky.social @lawrencedunhill.bsky.social
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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 01/10/2026
The PPE scandal has been exposed. Now we need accountability - a new blog by Naomi Fulop, board member of @cbffjuk.bsky.social, on the hub today. www.pslhub.org/learn/corona...
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The PPE scandal has been exposed. Now we need accountability
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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 07/10/2026
How do we know whether the recommendations from the Covid-19 Inquiry are actually translating into change? Featured on the hub today, a tracker created by @cbffjuk.bsky.social to monitor the UK Government’s progress in implementing the inquiry's recommendations. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
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Covid Inquiry Recommendations Tracker (Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice)
The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice has created a tracker to monitor the UK Government’s progress in implementing the recommendations of the Covid-19 Inquiry
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Climate Justice = A Workers Planet We spoke with trade unionists about the need for skilled retrofits and how we can deliver cheap, clean #EnergyForAll. Join our #MakeGreenFair conference in Manchester this Saturday to help us turn around plans into action www.ticketsource.com/fuel-poverty...
A panel group at Workers Planet.Nothing Ali holds an Energy For All placard.Stu speaks at the Housing Justice Assembly.
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤩We're excited to welcome some excellent speakers to our #MakeGreenFair Conference tomorrow! Campaigners, energy experts, and people living with sky-high bills will discuss how to make sure cheap-to-produce renewables actually translate to lower bills. www.fuelpovertyaction.org.uk/speakers-ann...
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Speakers Announced! #MakeGreen FairConference2026 | Fuel Poverty Action
We're welcoming an exciting line-up of campaigners, energy experts, and people living with sky-high bills to discuss how to #MakeGreenFair
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A huge thanks to our speakers: fuelpovertyaction.org.uk/speakers-ann... Take action to #MakeGreenFair: 🤝 Join our Make Green Fair network: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-o... ✍️ Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma... 💚 Become an FPA member: fuelpovertyaction.org.uk/what-you-can... (2/2)
FPA members hold a 'Make Green Fair' camera and grin for the camera
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What an amazing weekend! #MakeGreenFairConference💚 🤔 We took a frank look at the ways the green transition is failing the poorest and benefiting the rich 💪 And we built towards an alliance to fight for cheap renewables and green upgrades that we ALL benefit from... (1/2) Photos: Christian Asmamaw
Dozens of conference attendees surround a banner reading 'Make Green Fair', and hold placards calling for measures to bring down bills. In the foreground, an FPA member wears an Energy For All T shirtAttendees clap a speakerConference attendees talk while sitting around a table with laptops and notepads.A conference attendee speaks impassionedly, with an Energy For All banner in the background
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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My report from a powerful @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social event on Saturday
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fuel Poverty Action demand this government #BringDownOurBills We want excess wind energy distributed locally for free 💨 Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma... #MakeGreenFair #EnergyForAll
Stu stands in front of wind turbines with a placard saying “Free Excess Wind = Going to Waste. Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFair”
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join Fuel Poverty Action to demand this government #BringDownOurBills We want retrofits that guarantee warm and healthy homes 🏡 Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma... #MakeGreenFair #EnergyForAll
Individual holds sign saying “Botched Insulation = Cold and Damp Homes: Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFairIndividual holds sign saying “Botched Insulation = Cold and Damp Homes: Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFair
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In 2 days we face another energy hike ❄️ But there are solutions available for this government to #BringDownOurBills We want storage heater users to get the full benefit of cheap, night time electricity 💡 Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma... #MakeGreenFair #EnergyForAll
An individual holds a sign in front of The OVO Hydro saying “Storage Heaters = Paying Double: Bring Down Our Bill #MakeGreenFair
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bills rise for most tomorrow, but residents with communal heating aren’t even protected by the price cap 📈 #BringDownOurBills We want heat networks that deliver efficiency to lower bills and climate impact 🔥 Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma... #MakeGreenFair #EnergyForAll
An individual holds a sign saying “Communal Heating = No Price Protection: Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFair”An individual holds a sign saying “Communal Heating = No Price Protection: Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFair”An individual holds a sign saying “Communal Heating = No Price Protection: Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFair”
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rather than putting more money in the pockets landlords and developers, solar panels should be for the benefit of residents to #BringDownOurBills We want the sun on our roofs to power our homes cheaply ☀️ Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma... #MakeGreenFair #EnergyForAll
Individual holds a placard saying “Sun On Our Roofs = Money For Landlords: Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFair”Individual holds a placard saying “Sun On Our Roofs = Money For Landlords: Bring Down Our Bills #MakeGreenFair”
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Government must: 🌞 Share the benefits of cheap-to-produce wind and solar ❎ End energy unfairness 🤑 Make sure green measures don't just benefit the rich 🏘️ Make retrofit accountable & invest in green skills, so people's homes aren't damaged by shoddy work Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
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Make Green Fair
The cost of energy has created a poverty and health crisis. Now it's surging again because of another illegal war. Our fair share of cheap, clean energy from our wind and sun could ensure everyone can...
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today, the government is letting Ofgem hike your energy bills to a four-year high just in time for winter That's despite an election promise to bring bills DOWN by £300 😡 That's why thousands of us are demonstrating to tell the government to #MakeGreenFair and bring down bills. We demand...1/2
Dozens of FPA members and supporters across the country are pictured in a collage of photographs holding signs reading 'sun on our roofs = money for landlords. Bring Down Our Bills, #MakeGreenFair. Others read 'storage heaters = paying double', 'free excess wind = going to waste', 'botched insulation = cold and damp homes'.
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Sioux @siouxv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Proud to campaign for FPA with wonderful campaigners!
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Fuel Poverty Action @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BREAKING: Drax AI Data Centre Scrapped! 🥳 💪 Great work @stopburningtrees.bsky.social, staff and students organising against their universities, locals, and people around the country putting pressure on decision makers - they've managed to stop Drax in their tracks! www.thetimes.com/business/ene...
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Support the Stop Burning Trees Coalition
The fight against burning trees for electricity will come from the grassroots, and we are here to support that.
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you would like to support or join our work, visit us here: www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/join-us 10/10
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Join us — Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’ll use these ratings to pressure the Cabinet Office & others to make better progress & update our ratings as further action is taken - or not This is crucial to ensuring the country is better prepared for the next pandemic or national crisis & losing fewer lives 9/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Govt has so far responded to the first 3 inquiry modules, including 36 recommendations. In our first assessment, we judge 11 recommendations to be on track for implementation, moderate progress on 13, little progress on 6, and 6 have been rejected. 8/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We give the Govt’s response and action against each Recommendation one of four ratings: on track, moderate progress, little progress or rejected These will be updated as actions are taken, or promises are broken. That will mean keeping the tracker going for years, not months 7/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We shouldn't have to act as a watchdog for public inquiry recommendations, which is why we’re supporting calls for a formal National Oversight Mechanism for public inquiries, to hold Govt accountable - but until that’s in place, we will do what we can ourselves. 6/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bereaved families have spent years reliving the worst moments of their lives to help establish what went wrong during the pandemic. The recommendations are the opportunity to make sure the country is better prepared next time, and fewer lives are lost. 5/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Once an inquiry has finished and the headlines move on, there is often little pressure on ministers and public bodies to follow through on what was promised. Recommendations get delayed, watered down or forgotten. But we cannot allow that to happen with the Covid Inquiry. 4/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There is very good reason for doing this. Over the last three decades, around 30 public inquiries into healthcare scandals have made more than 1,400 recommendations, but researchers found just one in five were ever fully implemented. 3/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Tracker provides a comprehensive, independent & human assessment of the Inquiry’s outcomes, rating the Govt response to every recommendation. It will be continually updated as new reports are published and reforms are delivered or fail to materialise. 2/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bereaved families fought hard to get the Covid Inquiry set up -but what really matters is the changes it leads to That’s why we’ve today launched an Inquiry Recommendations Tracker - the 1st of its kind - to monitor & assess the implementation phase www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/tracker-home 1/
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Inquiry Recommendations Tracker — Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today, the Hillsborough Law has its second reading in the House of Lords. Covid-bereaved families know the cost of being forced to fight powerful institutions for the truth. We stand with everyone who fought for this law. Peers must pass it in full.
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Sioux @siouxv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A massive plastic pellet spill is threatening North Sea wildlife 🌊 Coastal communities are stepping up, but we need action. Join us and ask @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch an emergency response & hold polluters accountable! #NurdleSpill #StopPollution action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tyn...
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Tell Andy Burnham: Save the North Sea from plastic pellet disaster
One of the UK's biggest spills of plastic pellets (or “nurdles”) is flooding the North East’s coastline. It could harm wildlife in the North Sea for decades. Thousands of volunteers – including Friend...
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Chris Wormald’s failures during the pandemic “obscured reality and the need for more action”, according to the Covid Inquiry. He was rewarded with a peerage Now we learn he received a record £500,000 payout after being sacked. Reward for failure. www.ft.com/content/6913...
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Top UK civil servant received record £500,000 payout after Starmer sacking
Sudden circumstances of Chris Wormald’s exit led to a much more generous settlement than initially thought
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/08/2026
Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travel – UK politics live
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Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travel – UK politics live
Burnham has announced a range of policies aimed at relieving pressure on financially squeezed households and businesses Disabled bus pass holders in England will be able to travel for free at all hours from April next year, the government has announced. Currently, disabled bus passes are valid for travel only on weekdays from 9.30am to 11pm unless local authorities fund an extension, as Greater Manchester did earlier this year when Andy Burnham was mayor. Continue reading...
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Sioux @siouxv.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0
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Stand up to hate and division by adding your name.
Jason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them.
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Congratulations to everyone who helped secure this permanent Covid memorial in Accrington. Every community deserves a place where people can gather to remember those they lost. hyndburnbc.gov.uk/news/covid-1...
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
You can read the full report here: covid19.public-inquiry.uk/modules/proc... And our reaction statement here: www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/latestnews/m... 8/8
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Procurement (Module 5) - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The Serious Fraud Office told the Inquiry that 194 of the referrals were closed after early assessment, due to ‘lack of sufficient intelligence' The other was closed after a 2-year probe. 7/8
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is a massive understatement. Of 195 ‘suspected fraud’ referrals relating to PPE & test kits made to the Serious Fraud Office, the Inquiry said ZERO prosecutions were pursued. 6/8
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Despite this, the Inquiry found that ‘investigation and prosecution of offences in connection with suspected procurement-related fraud has been rare’ 5/8
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Govt estimates suggest £324 million was lost to PPE fraud - around 9% of the typical value of PPE used. (Note that another >£9 billion was wasted through over-ordering) 4/8
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
But the Inquiry found the Dept of Health and Social Care ‘failed to devote the resources to fraud prevention that expenditure on the speed and scale of the Covid-19 pandemic warranted’ 3/8
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The National Crime Agency told the Inquiry how organised criminal gangs ‘adapted rapidly to exploit opportunities’ created by Covid, including selling non-existent, fake or substandard PPE. Govt therefore had to balance urgency with the risk of losing money to fraud. 2/8
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The latest Covid Inquiry report omitted a chapter on PPE Medpro, Baroness Michelle Mone, and her husband due to ongoing criminal investigations. But what happened with all the other allegations around PPE contracts? 1/8 🧵
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Sioux @siouxv.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It was a pleasure to have you speak David, thank you ☺️
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
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Covid Inquiry: Chris Wormald failed to ‘rectify’ Matt Hancock’s ‘unjustified’ assurances
Inquiry's module two report says health secretary’s misleading claims and Wormald’s failure to correct them “obscured reality and need for more act...
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It is shocking that Chris Wormald has been given a peerage. Wormald was singled out by the Covid Inquiry for having 'obscured reality' during the pandemic. He was at the heart of the failures that cost the lives of our loved ones. Why has he been rewarded for that failure?
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Covid-19 Inquiry has today released its findings on Module 5, including the ‘VIP Lane’, which enabled suppliers with political connections to win huge PPE contracts during the pandemic 🧵1/
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"The Covid-19 inquiry’s procurement report and the Hillsborough law are not accidental companions...In both cases the movement for justice was driven by ordinary people who refused to let institutions control the account of their own failures." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on Covid and Hillsborough: families forced the state to face the truth | Editorial
Editorial: Lady Hallett exposed waste and secrecy. Hillsborough campaigners showed why public bodies must be honest before and after catastrophe strikes
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Leshie Chandrapala @leshiechandrapala.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
My Dad was a London bus driver who contracted Covid and died, because he had no PPE or modifications on his bus. So it breaks my heart to have it confirmed that £10bn was wasted on PPE that was not fit for purpose. How many deaths could have been avoided had the Conservatives used proper channels.
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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Covid Bereaved Families for Justice UK are proud to be part of @hillsboroughlawnow campaign. We celebrate with others wrestling justice from the state the passing of Hillsborough Law. This law will be for everyone. @cbffjuk.bsky.social
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