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2 Jun 2023

Boris Johnson sends WhatsApps to Covid inquiry bypassing government

Boris Johnson says he’s sent ‘all’ his unredacted WhatsApp messages from May 2021 directly to the Covid-19 Inquiry – after the government launched a judicial review to try and prevent their release.

It’s the latest in a deepening row over who gets to decide what material the inquiry should see – its chair Baroness Hallett, or government ministers.