Boris Johnson willing to send all Covid inquiry lockdown messages ahead of legal clash It comes a day after the Government said it would seek a judicial review of the inquiry's demand Wales Online · Jun 2, 2023
Boris bypasses Rishi to tell Covid inquiry it can have his unredacted messages Ex-PM says he is keen to provide messages from his old phone – discarded for security reasons The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023
Boris Johnson agrees to hand over 'unredacted' WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry BORIS Johnson has agreed to share the unredacted WhatsApp messages he provided to the Cabinet Office – as well as material from his old mobile… The National (Scotland) · Jun 2, 2023
Johnson willing to send Covid inquiry all lockdown messages ahead of legal clash The former prime minister said he was willing to pass on messages dating back to pre-May 2021 that are on a locked phone. The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023
Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry Former PM bypasses government’s attempts to keep unredacted communications secret The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023
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 Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023
Covid inquiry sends Boris Johnson 150 questions - including these key points The former PM will be asked if he said “let the bodies pile high” and if he felt manipulated into lockdown Wales Online · Jun 2, 2023
Government set for legal battle with Covid inquiry over Johnson messages Ministers are seeking to challenge the request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks. The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
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 · Jun 1, 2023
Boris Johnson fails to hand 16 months of WhatsApps to Covid inquiry from old phone The former PM was forced to switch phone in April 2021 after it emerged that his personal number had been freely available online for 15 years Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023
The Guardian view on the Covid-19 standoff: it’s a matter for the inquiry Editorial: Lady Hallett should be able to decide what is relevant in Boris Johnson’s papers – not the Cabinet Office The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Boris Johnson fails to hand over crucial WhatsApps Cabinet Office says ex-PM has only provided info from May 2021 and later The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Covid inquiry v Cabinet Office: who is ahead now deadline has passed? Ministers are taking legal action against the inquiry, which, if successful, would mean it could not see Johnson’s unredacted messages The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
UK Government launches legal battle to prevent release of Boris Johnson's WhatsApps The UK Government will fight a legal battle over the Covid inquiry’s demand to release Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, diaries and… The National (Scotland) · Jun 1, 2023
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Government seeks judicial review of Covid inquiry’s demand for Johnson documents The Cabinet Office said it was taking the step ‘with regret’.
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2023 Government seeks judicial review against Covid Inquiry demands for unredacted WhatsApps from pandemic Meanwhile Boris Johnson says he is ‘more than happy’ to hand over his messages and notebooks directly
Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023 Government triggers court battle against Covid inquiry after Boris Johnson WhatsApp row The Cabinet Office was given until 4pm today to hand over a trove of Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages and notepads to the Covid-19 public inquiry after days of wrangling
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 Government to take legal action against Covid inquiry over Johnson WhatsApps Cabinet Office serves notice on inquiry chair at 4pm, the deadline she had set for it to hand over files
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Sunak government takes Covid inquiry to court to protect Boris’s WhatsApps PM refuses to back down in extraordinary row, as Cabinet Office announces judicial review
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Deadline passes for Government to hand over Johnson papers to Covid inquiry With just minutes to go before the deadline, Rishi Sunak said the Government was still considering its next steps.
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2023 Covid inquiry ‘may be flawed if it doesn’t get all documents it needs’ Lord Saville backed Baroness Hallett’s demand that the inquiry team should decide what material is relevant or not
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 Rishi Sunak ‘confident’ on Covid inquiry position as deadline to hand over Boris Johnson documents passes – as it happened If Cabinet Office has failed to comply with inquiry’s order to disclose the documents it could face legal battle
The Week · Jun 1, 2023 Is Boris Johnson tearing the Conservative Party apart? It is almost a year since many Tories decided that Boris Johnson would have to go, “yet a whole two prime ministers later, it’s almost as if he never left”, said Gaby Hinsliff in The Guardian.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023 Grant Shapps urges No 10 to hand Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps to Covid inquiry Minister increases pressure on government to provide unredacted notes so inquiry can ‘get on with job’
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 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.