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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Daly

Cabinet Office wary of Boris Johnson handing unredacted Covid details to inquiry

PA Wire

Boris Johnson’s notebooks could be withheld from the former prime minister to stop him from handing over unredacted documents to the Covid inquiry, Government lawyers have appeared to suggest.

Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett had given the Government until Friday to set out its position on whether it would submit the pandemic leader’s WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries uncensored to her investigation.

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