Ministers have been ordered to hand over an unredacted cache of documents including Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, notebooks and diaries to the Covid inquiry after losing a legal challenge.
Government insiders said they would comply with the ruling by high court judges on Thursday, but were concerned that it would set a precedent for further demands for important documents and messages held by serving ministers.
Bereaved families and opposition parties criticised the Cabinet Office’s failed judicial review, which sought to curb the powers of the inquiry chair, Heather Hallett, as a waste of time and money.
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