Boris Johnson has said he is 'more than happy' to hand over his unredacted WhatsApp messages directly to the Covid inquiry as the Government prepares a legal challenge over the probe's order to release them.
Boris Johnson has said he is "more than happy" to hand over his unredacted WhatsApp messages directly to the Covid inquiry as the Government prepares a legal challenge over the probe's order to release them.Mr Johnson's comments come after department told the Covid inquiry it is seeking a judicial review of its chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s order to release the former prime minister's WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks.
The Cabinet Office, in a letter to the inquiry, said it was bringing a judicial review challenge "with regret" but that there were "important issues of principle at stake". "That is clearly essential for the effective running of the country and for the impartiality of the civil service. Boris Johnson's call for the information he submitted to the Cabinet Office to be handed over to the inquiry put pressure on Rishi Sunak to provide the requested material.
"We consider there to be important issues of principle at stake here, affecting both the rights of individuals and the proper conduct of government. The request for unambiguously irrelevant material goes beyond the powers of the inquiry.Picture: Alamy
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