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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Scotland’s government pushed to release all its pandemic WhatsApp messages

WhatsApp Jamie Dawson KC Pandemic Humza Yousaf Nicola Sturgeon Scotland Covid-19 John Swinney Douglas Ross United Kingdom
Nicola Sturgeon, as Scotland’s first minister, at the Scottish parliament, in February 2021, with John Swinney.
Nicola Sturgeon, as Scotland’s first minister, at the Scottish parliament, February 2021, with John Swinney. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/AFP/Getty Images

The Scottish government has been ordered to release all its WhatsApp messages from during the coronavirus pandemic after it failed to disclose them to the UK Covid inquiry.

The inquiry heard on Thursday that none of the private messages written during the Covid crisis by Nicola Sturgeon, who was then first minister, or by her health and finance ministers, had been disclosed despite repeated requests dating to 2022.

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