Government to launch legal action in attempt to retain Johnson WhatsApps

Unprecedented move follows Covid inquiry chair giving Cabinet Office 4pm Thursday deadline to comply

Ministers are to launch legal action against the official Covid public inquiry in a last-ditch attempt to avoid handing over Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApps.

The unprecedented move was confirmed in a letter from the Cabinet Office to the inquiry, headed by the retired judge Heather Hallett, who had given ministers a deadline of 4pm on Thursday to comply with her demands for evidence.

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