I'm not worried about Covid inquiry messages, says Rishi Sunak

The prime minister says he is acting transparently, despite the government's legal action over WhatsApp disclosures.

against the inquiry over its demands to see the unredacted WhatsApps, as well as Mr Johnson's notebooks.

But he insisted the government has acted with "candour and transparency", including disclosing more than 55,000 documents so far, with "more to come". "I as well am co-operating and providing information to the inquiry," he added. "It's actually taking a lot of my own time, and that's right that I do that."

Mr Johnson has said he is happy to hand over unredacted WhatsApps on his phone dating back to May 2021, around a year into the pandemic response.

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