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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

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

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.

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Sunak government refuses to reveal details of PM’s private jet use paid for by taxpayer

Critics say flights are a waste of money and make a mockery of government’s climate targets

The Independent UK

Boris ally claims government has password for old phone that would unlock Covid WhatsApps

Cabinet Office has found ‘its own version of the PIN’, says friend after ex-PM forgot digits

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson ally says Government has found a ‘version of PIN’ for old phone

The former prime minister has reportedly struggled to access messages from a device he stopped using in 2021 due to security concerns

Evening Standard

Johnson ally says Government has found a ‘version of PIN’ for old phone

The former prime minister has reportedly struggled to access messages from a device he stopped using in 2021 due to security concerns.

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

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)

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.

The Independent UK

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

New n-word slur found on government website

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

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UK government loses legal bid to keep Boris Johnson's messages from COVID-19 inquiry

A U.K. court has rejected the British government’s request to keep former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries from being made public at an official COVID-19 inquiry

The Independent UK

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

Sunak government loses court battle to keep Boris’ Covid WhatsApps secret

‘Humiliating defeat’ for government, as High Court rules in favour of Covid inquiry chair

Wales Online

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.

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Evening Standard

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

The National (Scotland)

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 Guardian - UK

Court orders ministers to hand Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps to Covid inquiry

Government had initially resisted handing over full tranche of unredacted documents to Covid inquiry

The Independent UK

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.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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.

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.

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