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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 1h

It was obvious schools would need to close during the pandemic, and yet the Department of Education refused to prepare for it.

Asked why, Gavin Williamson says he did not have the freedom to consult on what closures would look like.

He was the Secretary of State for Education.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 1d

Important questions raised by Mark Twomey KC on behalf of
Article 39.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 1d

Did Ministers weigh budget fears against the well-being of vulnerable children?

A DfE email disclosed to the Inquiry warned, “protect [local authorities] from legal action… JR will cripple budgets.”

Vicky Ford, then Children’s Minister, says she does not know if she was aware.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 4d

Claire Dorer OBE, giving evidence at the @covidinquiryuk, said she was told children wouldn’t get Long Covid and would bounce back without serious problems.

"There was no persuasive evidence for those claims, and experience has shown they were wrong."

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 5d

Children were overlooked during the pandemic, and a generation was left behind.

Prof Steve Turner told the Covid Inquiry he’s still seeing 5- and 6-year-olds not toilet trained, a stark reminder that the impact is still being felt and more must be done to put it right.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 5d

Baroness Mone's company got £122 million for faulty PPE while NHS staff risked their lives.

More than 80,000 have signed our petition to remove her from the Lords.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 5d

Years of austerity left schools struggling, making the impact of the pandemic even worse for children.

At the Covid Inquiry, education expert Prof Emerita McCluskey warned that preparing for the next pandemic means reversing those cuts.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 6d

Five years since the Pandemic started, teachers continue to see the impact in schools.

Principal of Ballynahinch Secondary School, Paul Marks, told the Covid Inquiry that more children now arrive at school unable to read.

A generation is being left behind.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 6d

Preparing children and young people for the next pandemic means tackling child poverty and investing in our broken school estate.

Important evidence to the Covid Inquiry from Kevin Courtney on behalf of the TUC.

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 8d

Unsurprising.

Can anyone explain why JCVI recommendations for #covid booster this autumn different from Canada’s where 65+ & health & care staff still eligible unlike in NHS?

@cbffjuk.bsky.social
@longcovidadvoc.com

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Russell Scott @russellscott1.bsky.social · 12d

No other country set up a VIP Lane during the pandemic.

No other European country came close to spending the £14billion we spent on PPE.

£10billion of PPE has been written off.

Over 1million pallets of unused PPE have now been incinerated!

£billions literally up in smoke.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 13d

'VIP Lane' author (and producer of the 'Covid Contracts documentary) @russellscott1.bsky.social talks covid cronyism with @mrjamesob.bsky.social – just as PPE Medpro is ordered to pay £122 million for providing unusable gowns.

Read 'VIP Lane' for more: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/vip-...

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 12d

Our petition to have Michelle Mone removed from House of Lords is over 60k signatures!

Let’s make Parliament sit up & take notice.

Don’t be left out: please sign & share:

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 13d

Looks like Michelle Mone is going to have to sell that yacht

(from Feb 23)

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 A company linked to Michelle Mone supplied £122 million of faulty PPE while NHS staff risked their lives.

Our petition to strip her of her peerage has already passed 60,000 signatures in just over a day.

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 12d

And Michelle Mone may be moaning even more when she sees that our petition to remove her from the House of Lords is now up to 45k signatures!

Don’t be left out. Please sign & share:

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

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Labour are all of the bigotries. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦 @susieshakespeare.bsky.social · 12d

She's going to moan even more when she hears Misconduct in Public Office is also a thing. Agree? Sign and share www.covidfamiliesforjustice.org/misconduct-i...

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 12d

The pandemic exposed deep inequalities that devastated young disabled people.

Yesterday, the Covid Inquiry heard evidence that disabled people aged 18 to 34 were 30 times more likely to die of Covid than their peers.

These inequalities must be tackled before the next crisis.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

Corruption and profiteering during the pandemic cost lives.

Anyone involved in that scandal has no place making our laws.

Sign our petition calling on the Government to strip Michelle Mone of her peerage:

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This campaign needs you now

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 13d

Do you agree that Michelle Mone should not be allowed to participate in law-making process in the UK by being a member of the House of Lords?

Sign our petition
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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

chng.it/XbVkG7Jrw4

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Strip Michelle Mone of her peerage

chng.it

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

She must be stripped of her peerage and removed.

Sign and share our petition 👇

chng.it/XbVkG7Jrw4

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Strip Michelle Mone of her peerage

chng.it

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

This ruling is a reminder that the fight for justice has only just begun.

Whether you lost somebody to COVID-19 or not, you can join us in the fight by signing up below:

actionnetwork.org/forms/covid-...

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Membership Form

I lost a loved one to Covid-19. I'm campaigning with @covid-19 bereaved Families for Justice to make sure as many others as possible don't feel the pain I do. You can help support our campaign by si...

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

No one involved in the PPE scandal, which cost lives, should have any role in public life.

Baroness Mone must not be allowed to influence the laws we live under.

Her title should be revoked immediately. She must be removed from the House of Lords.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

The VIP lane resulted in £3.8 billion being spent on inadequate PPE and led to preventable deaths.

We demand justice for those who died because of it.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

It was the Government that created and ran the VIP lane, the only scheme of its kind anywhere in the world.

No other government set up a fast-track route to funnel billions into the hands of their rich and powerful mates.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 13d

The High Court has ordered PPE Medpro to repay £122m over faulty PPE supplied under a VIP lane contract.

This ruling is just the tip of the iceberg.

Greed and corruption during the pandemic cost lives, and all responsible must be held to account.

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 14d

We’re finally getting somewhere…..👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Those who profited from providing inadequate PPE must be held to account.

My mum died of covid because her wonderful carers had inadequate PPE.

We will keep campaigning.

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@longcovidjustice.org

Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 14d

It’s welcome news that PPE Medpro has been ordered to repay £122m after supplying millions of faulty PPE items that the NHS couldn’t use.

Profiting and corruption during the pandemic cost lives.

Those responsible must be held to account.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

www.theguardian.com

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