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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Ben Hatton

Deadline looms in Covid inquiry row as Boris Johnson says WhatsApps can be given

The Government faces a deadline to either release Boris Johnson’s unredacted messages and diaries to the Covid-19 inquiry or face a legal dispute, with an extension due to end on Thursday.

The Cabinet Office had claimed it did not have access to Mr Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and private notebooks ahead of an earlier deadline on Tuesday.

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