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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jon Stone and Archie Mitchell

Refusal to hand over Covid WhatsApps based on ‘spurious nonsense’, top Tory MP says

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Senior Conservative MPs rounded on the government on Monday, saying its refusal to hand over unredacted WhatsApp messages to the Covid Inquiry was based on “spurious nonsense”.

It came as a lawyer representing bereaved families said inquiry chair Lady Hallett will “have to resign” if the government successfully withholds ministers’ messages from scrutiny.

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