Covid inquiry reaches ‘bittersweet’ final day of witness testimony

Campaigners say hard-hitting, clear-sighted and damning' inquiry - the most expensive in history - absolutely has been worth it'

• A new normal': inquiry's key findings on how Covid changed UK society

Bereaved families have marked the final day of witness testimony in the long-running Covid inquiry by saying government incompetence, chaos and callousness is now on the public record".

Matt Fowler, the co-founder of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK (CBFFJ), urged officials to use the inquiry as a blueprint to take brave, decisive, urgent action" and warned that the country was still not prepared for a future crisis.