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Covid inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett challenged the Government on why it wanted to block material Boris Johnson was happy to submit to the probe

Hugo Keith KC said the Cabinet Office and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) had both submitted correspondence but had removed…

Baroness Hallett was told the requirement to make ‘thousands of manual redactions’ had slowed down preparations for holding the debut public session.

Hugo Keith KC, counsel for the inquiry, said ‘literally thousands of manual redactions’ were having to be made to UK Government submissions.

Module two of the UK-wide inquiry will scrutinise political decisions and actions in relation to the pandemic between early January 2020 and February 2022

The former Prime Minister - who previously 'lost' WhatsApps about the renovation of his flat - will have his messages handed over to the inquiry ahead of full hearings in summer 2023

‘The disease has caused widespread and long-term physical and mental illness, grief and untold misery’ said Hugo Keith KC

The impact of the pandemic will be felt for decades to come, counsel for the inquiry Hugo Keith KC said

The impact of the pandemic will be felt for decades to come, counsel for the inquiry Hugo Keith KC said.