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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Sunak government loses court battle to keep Boris’ Covid WhatsApps secret

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Rishi Sunak’s government has been ordered to hand over Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries to the Covid inquiry in a “humiliating” court defeat.

The Cabinet Office launched legal action over inquiry chair Baroness Hallett’s order to release the former PM’s documents – arguing that the government should not have to hand over “unambiguously irrelevant” material.

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