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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Hughes

Government seeks judicial review of Covid inquiry’s demand for Johnson documents

PA Wire

The Government will fight a legal battle over the Covid inquiry’s demand to release Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, diaries and personal notebooks.

The Cabinet Office said it was seeking a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s order to release the documents, arguing that it should not have to hand over material which is “unambiguously irrelevant”.

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