Deborah Doyle, of the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice, said it was “devastating to think of the lives that could have been saved” under different leadership.
“We now know that many of our family members would still be alive today if it weren’t for the leadership of Boris Johnson and his colleagues.
“Throughout the pandemic, Boris Johnson put his political reputation ahead of public safety. He pandered to his critics when the UK needed decisive action.”
Cummings, who was chief adviser to Boris Johnson at the start of the pandemic, accused the inquiry of a mix of “coverups and rewriting history”.
In a social media post, he said he was offered the chance to respond to the inquiry’s findings before the report was released, but declined, declaring it “insider corruption”.
He said experts “advised us to do almost nothing” and “advised against any serious restrictions” as the country would reach “natural herd immunity” by September.
