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Covid inquiry not backing down in Boris Johnson WhatsApp messages row

Baroness Heather Hallett addresses ministers’ decision to launch legal action in a bid to prevent the Cabinet Office handing over the former PM’s unredacted messages and notebooks

Evening Standard

I decide what’s relevant, says Covid inquiry chair in Boris WhatsApp row

Security experts to turn on Boris Johnson’s old phone in hunt for Whatsapps as row widens to the Foreign Office

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

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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

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

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 Independent UK

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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

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

Evening Standard

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

Daily Mirror

Johnson is told legal advice funding will stop if he undermines ministers over Covid inquiry

Cabinet Office lawyers warn ex-PM of consequences if he tries to ‘frustrate or undermine’ government position

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘could lose public funding for his Covid inquiry legal costs’

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

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

Why does Rishi Sunak want to limit scope of Covid inquiry?

As Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApp messages, PM is going to high court to stem remit of inquiry first set up by Cabinet Office

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Boris Johnson says he will bypass Cabinet Office and send WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry – as it happened

Former PM says he will provide unredacted messages directly to the inquiry in letter to Lady Hallett

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson – latest: Ex-PM goes over Sunak’s head to send unredacted WhatsApps ‘directly’ to inquiry

WhatsApp row rumbles on as ex-PM vows to bypass government and send information straight to inquiry

The Independent UK

Johnson ‘more than happy’ to hand material to Covid inquiry amid legal battle

The Cabinet Office on Thursday confirmed it was seeking a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett’s document request.

The Independent UK

Deadline looms for Government to hand over Johnson papers to Covid Inquiry

A legal battle could be triggered if the Cabinet Office fails to hand over diaries, notebooks and a trove of WhatsApp messages.

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Evening Standard

Deadline looms in Covid inquiry row as Boris Johnson says WhatsApps can be given

The Cabinet Office has confirmed it has received the information from Mr Johnson

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson – latest: Ex-PM offers to send WhatsApps to inquiry in blow for Sunak

Cabinet Office faces embarrassment as it seeks judicial review in effort to withhold material from own hearing

The Independent UK

Deadline looms again in Covid inquiry row as Johnson says WhatsApps can be given

The Cabinet Office has confirmed it has received the information from Mr Johnson.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson hands over his WhatsApps and urges Cabinet Office to give them to Covid inquiry

Rishi Sunak under pressure to end farce and sanction the release of the documents to the inquiry ahead of Thursday’s deadline

The Independent UK

What happens if the government doesn’t hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps?

Covid inquiry chief Baroness Hallett warns of £1,000 fines if government refuses to hand over messages between ex-PM and 40 top figures

The Independent UK

Mel Stride: Covid inquiry will be given information ‘it is right for it to have’

The Work and Pensions Secretary said the Government would hand over material to the inquiry ‘where it is appropriate’.

The Guardian - UK

Sunak accused of trying to cover up ministers’ actions during pandemic

PM challenged as Cabinet Office battles to withhold Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from Covid inquiry

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