Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApps and notes to Cabinet Office

Boris Johnson says he is ‘perfectly happy for the inquiry to have access to this material in whatever form it requires’. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Boris Johnson has handed over a major cache of WhatsApp messages and notebooks to the Cabinet Office, challenging it to release the documents unredacted to the Covid inquiry.

In a move that will pose a major headache for the government, Johnson suggested Whitehall officials should “urgently disclose” the contents to the public inquiry.