Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages will be handed to the inquiry into the Covid pandemic that contributed to more than 200,000 UK deaths.
Lawyers for the public inquiry have asked for records of “written and oral advice” to ministers as well as internal communications, ministerial submissions and No10 briefing documents.
That includes “ WhatsApp groups, which included the Prime Minister, Number 10 and other senior officials,” said counsel to the inquiry Hugo Keith KC.