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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

Government loses legal challenge over handing Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry

The Cabinet Office has lost its legal challenge over the UK Covid-19 Inquiry chairwoman's request for Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries.

The department brought legal action over inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett’s order to release the documents, arguing it should not have to hand over material that is “unambiguously irrelevant”.

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