Covid-19 bereaved say inquiry must hold Boris Johnson to account

Families who lost loved ones welcome PM's exit but worry his handling of pandemic will be overlooked

Families bereaved by Covid insisted Boris Johnson must still face justice at the public inquiry into the pandemic as they voiced concern that his resignation would see him make a fortune from writing and speeches while they remained scarred by grief.

Johnson's departure was greeted by relief by people who lost loved ones to the virus over the last two and half years, but the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group, which represents more than 4,000 affected families, said: Johnson will always be the man that wanted to let the bodies pile high' while our loved ones desperately fought for their lives and that partied whilst we had to say goodbye to our loved ones over a screen."