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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Dave Burke & Ben Glaze

Government triggers court battle against Covid inquiry after Boris Johnson WhatsApp row

The Government is heading for a bitter court battle with the Covid-19 public inquiry in a last-ditch bid to prevent the release of Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages and papers.

The Cabinet Office was given until 4pm today to hand over a trove of the shamed ex-PM's WhatsApps and notepads to the Covid inquiry after days of wrangling.

Baroness Heather Hallett, who chairs the inquiry, demanded un-redacted messages between January 2020 and February 2022, along with ministerial diaries and notebooks - warning officials could face criminal proceedings if they didn't comply.

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