Boris Johnson says he has sent his WhatsApp messages to the Covid-19 inquiry, despite the Government’s legal bid to stop them being handed over.
Allies of the former PM accused Rishi Sunak ’s ministers of going to court to challenge the request because they do not want to hand over the contents of their phones.
But in a letter to inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett, Mr Johnson wrote: “I am not willing to let my material become a test case for others when I am perfectly content for the inquiry to see it.