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Government asks Covid inquiry to return irrelevant material

The inquiry is believed to be in possession of unredacted WhatsApp messages between former prime minister Boris Johnson and 40 colleagues.

The Independent UK

Call for urgent changes after older people left feeling that ‘nobody cares’

Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees, of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru, gave the inquiry a harrowing account of her father’s death and family trauma.

The Independent UK

Covid campaign group formed after people left feeling ‘abandoned’ by Government

A co-founder of the campaign group said he and others had faced abuse from Covid-deniers, anti-maskers and vaccine sceptics.

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from old phone still not handed to Covid inquiry

Government officials are helping him to try to retrieve the messages on the locked device relating to the early pandemic response, it is understood.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson’s Covid WhatsApps from old phone still not handed to inquiry

Government officials are helping him to try to retrieve the messages on the locked device relating to the early pandemic response, it is understood.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson fails to hand over mobile with crucial Covid WhatsApps before inquiry deadline

Device containing Covid-era messages up until May 2021 remains in former PM’s possession

The Independent UK

Johnson’s messages handed to Covid-19 inquiry after Government court defeat

The Cabinet Office had sought to withhold documents it regarded as irrelevant to the inquiry’s work.

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Cabinet Office must hand over Johnson messages by Monday after court loss

The Government lost a legal bid over the UK Covid-19 Inquiry chairwoman’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks.

The Independent UK

Cabinet Office loses bid to stop Covid-19 Inquiry releasing Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

The Cabinet Office had issued a legal bid arguing that the inquiry could not order the release of documents that were not relevant. Opposition lawyers said that the department should not be able to decide what is relevant.

Wales Online

Government loses legal challenge over handing Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry

High Court judges ruled that the Covid inquiry chairwoman had ‘acted rationally’ in her order for the documents

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office loses legal bid to withhold Boris Johnson's WhatsApps

The Cabinet Office has lost its legal challenge to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry chairwoman’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp…

The National (Scotland)

Cabinet Office loses court bid over Covid inquiry request for Johnson messages

In a ruling on Thursday, Lord Justice Dingemans and Mr Justice Garnham ruled against the Government department.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's WhatsApps MUST be handed to Covid Inquiry in blow for Rishi Sunak

Causing another headache for the embattled PM, judges said there were no grounds to block inquiry chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett's order to hand over the material

Daily Mirror

Watch as Covid Inquiry continues as court expected to rule on Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages

The Covid inquiry is continuing for a fourth week as a court is expected to rule on the inquiry chairwoman's request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries on Thursday, 6 July.

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The Independent UK

High Court to rule on legal clash between Government and Covid inquiry chair

High Court judges are expected to hand down their decision over the Government’s judicial review of Baroness Heather Hallett’s order on Thursday.

The Independent UK

High Court decision on Government challenge to Covid inquiry due on Thursday

The Cabinet Office has argued the request is ‘so broad’ that it is ‘bound to catch’ a large amount of irrelevant material.

The Independent UK

Danger Covid inquiry undermined if Government wins legal bid – Johnson lawyers

Two judges are due to give their ruling in the bid over the former prime minister’s unredacted WhatsApps and diaries at a later date.

The Guardian - UK

UK government cites rights convention in legal battle with Covid inquiry

Government argues request for unredacted WhatsApps breaches article 8 of convention often maligned by Tories

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson blasts Sunak's government for blocking Covid Inquiry getting his WhatsApps

Lawyers representing the inquiry chairwoman heavily criticised the Cabinet Office, branding the department's argument 'at its heart nonsensical'

The Independent UK

Johnson backs Covid inquiry chairwoman in legal clash with Government

The former PM’s lawyers said he has ‘no objection’ to the inquiry having his unredacted WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks.

The Guardian - UK

UK high court to look at legal battle over WhatsApp evidence for Covid inquiry

Judges will decide whether Heather Hallett or the UK government gets to choose what documents are relevant

Daily Mirror

Inside Covid Inquiry Week Two - blame, denials, heckles, Tory cuts and tears

Politicians, top scientists and medics have given evidence to the Covid Inquiry so far, as it kicked off its investigation with a focus on how well the UK was prepared for the arrival of the virus

Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry: What we learned on the day austerity PM David Cameron gave evidence

David Cameron became the first politician to give evidence to Covid Inquiry as he faced questions on the UK's preparedness and cuts to public services between 2010 and 2016

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: lawyers voice ‘alarm’ over short time slot for David Cameron

Former PM to be questioned on Monday, with George Osborne, Jeremy Hunt and Oliver Dowden also slated to give evidence

Daily Mirror

Covid Inquiry: What we learned on Day 2 as Government admits rules caused 'profound pain'

The Department of Health's legal representative Fiona Scolding KC told the Covid Inquiry that different decisions may have been made with hindsight, as the probe continued its examination of the years leading up the pandemic

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