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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Sunak backs official Covid inquiry after leak of Hancock WhatsApps

PA Wire

Rishi Sunak has defended the official coronavirus inquiry as the “right way” to scrutinise the handling of the pandemic after the extraordinary leak of Matt Hancock’s messages.

The Prime Minister urged people not to focus on “piecemeal bits of information” after a trove of more than 100,000 WhatsApps linked to Mr Hancock’s time as health secretary were handed to the Daily Telegraph.

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