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15 bombshell questions Boris Johnson must answer including 'injection with Covid on TV'

Court documents show the Covid-19 Inquiry has asked the ex-PM to answer questions including whether he suggested being injected on TV and whether Matt Hancock should have been sacked

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry

Former PM bypasses government’s attempts to keep unredacted communications secret

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

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

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

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

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George Osborne destroyed Britain’s safety net. The Covid inquiry should shame him into silence

His iniquitous austerity programme left the population sick, vulnerable, and unprepared for a pandemic, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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 Guardian - UK

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’

The Guardian - UK

UK government faces deadline to hand Boris Johnson's messages to coronavirus inquiry

The British government is facing a Thursday deadline to hand over a sheaf of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s personal messages to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic inquiry

The Independent UK

Covid Inquiry 'should probe sick pay system' that 'stopped workers isolating'

The Trades Union Congress called on Baroness Heather Hallett's investigation to look at rules and rates for statutory sick pay, amid claims some workers could not afford to self-isolate

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's 'full and unredacted' notebooks and WhatsApp messages have been handed over

Material demanded by the Covid-19 inquiry chair has now been handed to the Cabinet Office, according to a spokesperson for the former PM

Manchester Evening News

Tory Covid 'cover-up' as ministers insist they 'no longer have' Boris Johnson WhatsApps

Grieving relatives of those killed by the virus demanded his WhatsApp texts and notebooks be handed over amid accusations of a bid to obstruct progress

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The Guardian - UK

Sunak accused of trying to cover up ministers’ actions during pandemic

PM challenged as Cabinet Office battles to withhold Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from Covid inquiry

Daily Mirror

11 awkward questions as Covid inquiry demands Boris Johnson's missing WhatsApps

An ugly legal row could see a court showdown between the Government and the official Covid-19 Inquiry over the shamed former PM's messages and missing notepads

The Independent UK

UK government fights demand to hand over Boris Johnson's messages to COVID-19 inquiry

Boris Johnson established an independent inquiry while he was U.K. prime minister into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Guardian - UK

What is the standoff between Covid inquiry and Cabinet Office about?

As dispute over Boris Johnson’s notebooks and WhatsApp messages continues, we look at the key points

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No 10 accused of cover-up after denying it has Boris Johnson Covid messages

Cabinet Office tells Covid inquiry it has no copies despite government lawyers being given the material

Reuters

UK government given more time to hand over Boris Johnson messages to COVID inquiry

British ministers have been given more time to hand over unredacted messages from former prime minister Boris Johnson to a public inquiry looking into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a stand-off that could lead to criminal sanctions.

Evening Standard

Covid Inquiry extends deadline for Government to handover unredacted messages

Covid Inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett on Tuesday extended a deadline for the Government to hand over unredacted documents including Boris Johnson WhatsApp messages until 4pm on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet Office may take legal action to deny Covid inquiry Boris Johnson material

Such a challenge over Lady Hallett’s request for unredacted diaries and messages would be seen as unprecedented

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid inquiry: when is it, what does it cover and how long will it last?

With public hearings into government’s handling of the pandemic set to the begin, here are some of the answers to the big questions

The Guardian - UK

Lady Hallett, the woman who holds Boris Johnson’s political future in her hands

Chair of the Covid inquiry has threatened legal action if the former PM’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries are not released

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers engaged in bitter fight to halt release of Covid secrets

As deadline approaches to hand over unredacted messages between Boris Johnson and his ministers, government could take legal action

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