Government set for legal battle with Covid inquiry over Johnson messages Ministers are seeking to challenge the request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Gordon Brown: Tories will not be remembered for their convictions Gordon Brown addressed an Our Scottish Future Rally in Edinburgh on Thursday evening about reforming the UK. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
150 questions the Covid inquiry wants Boris Johnson to answer Covid Inquiry to investigate whether ex-prime minister said ‘let the bodies pile high’ The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Key questions for Boris Johnson from the Covid inquiry The Covid Inquiry sent Boris Johnson a list of 150 questions and requests for his witness statement, documents have shown. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Johnson ‘more than happy’ to hand material to Covid inquiry amid legal battle The Cabinet Office on Thursday confirmed it was seeking a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s document request. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Boris Johnson fails to hand 16 months of WhatsApps to Covid inquiry from old phone The former PM was forced to switch phone in April 2021 after it emerged that his personal number had been freely available online for 15 years Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023
The Guardian view on the Covid-19 standoff: it’s a matter for the inquiry Editorial: Lady Hallett should be able to decide what is relevant in Boris Johnson’s papers – not the Cabinet Office The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Boris Johnson fails to hand over crucial WhatsApps Cabinet Office says ex-PM has only provided info from May 2021 and later The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Covid inquiry v Cabinet Office: who is ahead now deadline has passed? Ministers are taking legal action against the inquiry, which, if successful, would mean it could not see Johnson’s unredacted messages The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
UK Government launches legal battle to prevent release of Boris Johnson's WhatsApps The UK Government will fight a legal battle over the Covid inquiry’s demand to release Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, diaries and… The National (Scotland) · Jun 1, 2023
Government triggers court battle against Covid inquiry after Boris Johnson WhatsApp row The Cabinet Office was given until 4pm today to hand over a trove of Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages and notepads to the Covid-19 public inquiry after days of wrangling Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023
Government to take legal action against Covid inquiry over Johnson WhatsApps Cabinet Office serves notice on inquiry chair at 4pm, the deadline she had set for it to hand over files The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Ukrainian sanctions on media tycoon Alexander Lebedev revealed The Russian businessman is the father of Evgeny Lebedev, who was given a peerage by Boris Johnson The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Boris Johnson’s messages are just the start of it: the government is run on WhatsApp If off-the-record messaging is a worrying trend, the real problem is that Westminster is one big gentlemen’s club, says French journalist Marie Le Conte The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Sunak government takes Covid inquiry to court to protect Boris’s WhatsApps PM refuses to back down in extraordinary row, as Cabinet Office announces judicial review
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 Digested week: imagining what comes next for Succession’s dislikable characters A note-perfect finale, Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and my role in an England cricketing hero’s downfall
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Deadline passes for Government to hand over Johnson papers to Covid inquiry With just minutes to go before the deadline, Rishi Sunak said the Government was still considering its next steps.
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2023 Sunak says Government ‘confident’ in position on Covid Inquiry demands Rishi Sunak was speaking less than an hour before a deadline to hand over Boris Johnson’s papers and WhatsApp messages
Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023 Boris Johnson 'ranted f*** this s*** in foul-mouthed tirade over Rishi Sunak' Guto Harri, Mr Johnson's former communications chief, said the former PM burst out 'f*** this s***' in a foul-mouthed rant about the Treasury as relations with Rishi Sunak deteriorated
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2023 Covid inquiry ‘may be flawed if it doesn’t get all documents it needs’ Lord Saville backed Baroness Hallett’s demand that the inquiry team should decide what material is relevant or not
Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023 Black people were THREE times more likely to receive Covid fines in England and Wales Black people were about three times more likely to be hit with a fine for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules across England and Wales, new research has revealed
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 Rishi Sunak ‘confident’ on Covid inquiry position as deadline to hand over Boris Johnson documents passes – as it happened If Cabinet Office has failed to comply with inquiry’s order to disclose the documents it could face legal battle
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Conversion therapy ban must have no loopholes, says Stonewall A Bill is expected to be published soon although the Government has not given a date.
The Week · Jun 1, 2023 Is Boris Johnson tearing the Conservative Party apart? It is almost a year since many Tories decided that Boris Johnson would have to go, “yet a whole two prime ministers later, it’s almost as if he never left”, said Gaby Hinsliff in The Guardian.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 Grant Shapps urges No 10 to hand Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps to Covid inquiry Minister increases pressure on government to provide unredacted notes so inquiry can ‘get on with job’