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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
John Stevens, Political Editor in Washington DC

Rishi Sunak denies blocking Covid Inquiry seeing his WhatsApps due to embarrassment

Rishi Sunak has denied he's trying to stop WhatsApps being handed to the Covid Inquiry as he's embarrassed about what his own messages contain.

The Cabinet Office is going to court to challenge a request for the government to provide Boris Johnson's unredacted messages from during the pandemic.

But the former PM's allies have accused ministers of seeking a judicial review to set a precedent as they do not want to hand over the contents of their own phones.

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