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Sue Gray could take up senior Labour job in autumn – reports

The partygate investigator could get clearance to start her role as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff six months after her civil service departure.

The Independent UK

Sue Gray ‘cleared to join Labour in autumn’ in boost for Starmer

Calls for a ban on political role of more than 12 months rejected, amid Tory fury over ‘stitch up’

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry chairwoman expected to address ministers’ High Court challenge

Baroness Hallett is set to respond for the first time to the decision to contest her request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages.

The Independent UK

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MPs howl in laughter as Michael Gove praises Boris Johnson for levelling up

Former PM Boris Johnson called on the government to accelerate levelling-up measures as he made an appearance during communities questions in the House of Commons

Daily Mirror

Covid inquiry legal challenge over WhatsApp messages to be heard ‘very soon’

MPs told UK government’s attempt to avoid handing over evidence to inquiry had been ‘misinterpreted’

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry legal challenge could be heard by end of June, says minister

Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said the process was being ‘expedited’ as he defended the decision to bring forward a judicial review

Evening Standard

Rish! as prime minister makes 2017’s Maybot sound like advanced AI

We were promised the tech bro who could feel our pain, but Rishi Sunak merely inflicts it

The Guardian - UK

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Refusal to hand over Covid WhatsApps based on ‘spurious nonsense’, top Tory MP says

Ministrs claim certain messages are ‘unambiguously irrelevant’ to Baroness Hallett’s inquiry

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson calls on Government to accelerate levelling-up measures

The ex-prime minister has urged ministers to address the issues that have made the UK one of the most ‘regionally imbalanced’ major economies.

The Independent UK

Covid inquiry chair ‘may have to quit’ if denied access to Johnson WhatsApps

Lawyer for bereaved families says Heather Hallett would be unable to do job if government blocks release

The Guardian - UK

‘Plain wrong’ to say WhatsApp was used for big Covid decisions, Bethell insists

Group members reportedly included then-prime minister Boris Johnson, former health secretary Matt Hancock and Cabinet Secretary Simon Case.

The Independent UK

Government WhatsApps about ‘frothy’ coffee orders, not major decisions, former health minister claims

The existence of three key group chats comes ahead of the first hearings of the official inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic

The Independent UK

Covid WhatsApps used for coffee orders not big decisions, says ex-health minister

James Bethell says he supports legal challenge against inquiry’s demand for unredacted Johnson messages

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s secret Covid messages may reveal plot to oust Boris Johnson, allies claim

‘What is Rishi hiding?’, asks Boris ally as row deepens over taxypayer-funded legal support for former PM

The Independent UK

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Covid Inquiry: What you need to know with first hearings days away amid bitter WhatsApp row

Public hearings into the UK's preparedness for the Covid-19 crisis will begin next week, just days after the inquiry became mired in controversy due to a bitter legal dispute over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

The Independent UK

Sunak WhatsApp ‘mistake’ has given Boris an opportunity, warns ex-No 10 chief

Former PM ‘enjoying making life more awkward for Sunak’, says senior Tory Lord Barwell

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson should use public funding ‘appropriately’, says minister

Robert Jenrick says government will not restrict what former PM can say to Covid-19 inquiry

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson will not be restricted in evidence to Covid Inquiry, minister insists

The former prime minister has been warned by lawyers that he could lose public funding if he tries to ‘undermine’ the Government’s position

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The Independent UK

Johnson will not be restricted in evidence to Covid Inquiry, minister insists

The former prime minister has been warned by lawyers that he could lose public funding if he tries to ‘undermine’ the Government’s position.

The Guardian - UK

Never mind his WhatsApp messages – can Boris Johnson himself be disappeared?

Escaping the toxic radioactive half-life of his degraded legacy means the Tories will also have to vanish the former PM

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s secret Covid messages may reveal plot to oust Boris Johnson, allies claim

‘What is Rishi hiding?’, asks Boris ally as row deepens over taxypayer-funded legal support for former PM

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak must stop trying to hide evidence from the Covid inquiry

The public interest demands the full disclosure of what went on inside government during our deadliest peacetime emergency in more than a century

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson warned he could lose Covid inquiry funding if he ‘undermines’ ministers

The Cabinet Office wrote to him saying public money would ‘cease to be available’ if he breaks certain conditions

Daily Mirror

Fury as ministers threaten to switch off Boris Johnson legal funding over WhatsApp spat

The former PM has caused a huge headache for Rishi Sunak by releasing documents to the Covid Inquiry despite the Government refusing to - and lawyers have reportedly written to him threatening to withdraw his legal support funding

The Guardian - UK

If the Tories lose the next election, Boris Johnson won’t be the man they turn to

Modelling of the result suggests the former PM will lose a significant amount of support within the party, and possibly his own seat

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