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Have your say: Should Boris Johnson meet bereaved families of COVID-19 victims?

Have your say: Should Boris Johnson meet bereaved families of COVID-19 victims?

Just days after telling representatives of COVID-19 victims that he would “of course” meet them, Boris Johnson has U-turned and told them in a letter that it is now “regrettably not possible”.

The prime minister said “of course I will meet the bereaved” when questioned last week in an interview about attempts by the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group to secure a meeting.

But the campaigners, who are trying to secure a swift public inquiry into the government’s handling of the crisis, have shared a letter from Johnson in which he “regrettably” declined to meet with the group.

“It’s a U-turn followed by a U-turn,” said campaign co-founder Jo Goodman, who lost her father Stuart to the virus.

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