The Latest Breaking News from the Cabinet Office

Covid inquiry to receive Boris Johnson’s messages now recovered from old phone

The former prime minister has committed to handing over the messages to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Covid-19 messages ‘recovered from Boris Johnson’s old phone’

The WhatsApp chats will be handed to the inquiry, a spokesperson for the former PM says

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023

Experts extract Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from phone he was told not to use

Technical experts have recovered all relevant messages from Boris Johnson’s old phone that he had been advised not to use on security grounds and he will hand them over “unredacted” to the coronavirus inquiry, a spokesman for the ex-prime minister has said.

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2023

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 · Jul 13, 2023

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 · Jul 12, 2023

Calls for inquiry into Tory MP's potential ministerial code breach

The SNP have called for a “full, independent inquiry” into whether Scottish Tory MP David Duguid has broken the ministerial code.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 11, 2023

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 · Jul 10, 2023

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.

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Boris Johnson blew £800,000 painting Union Flag on ANOTHER prime ministerial plane

The Cabinet Office initially tried to keep secret the cost of painting the Titan Airways jet. But he was forced to reveal the price following a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2023

New n-word slur found on government website

Exclusive: A parliamentary question has been submitted calling for a government-wide investigation into official documents

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023