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Evening Standard
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Aine Fox

Covid inquiry chairwoman’s resignation ‘logical response’ if she loses WhatsApp fight

The chairwoman of the Covid inquiry would surely be left with no choice but to resign if the Government wins its legal fight over access to ministers’ WhatsApp messages, a lawyer for families bereaved in the pandemic has said.

The Government has sought a judicial review in a bid to limit disclosure of material to the inquiry, saying “personal” information could end up being unnecessarily surrendered.

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