Ministers could be set for a legal battle with the Covid inquiry over the requested release of unredacted WhatsApp messages and diaries belonging to Boris Johnson by today's deadline 🚨 Follow the latest with our live blog
There has so far been little sign that ministers are set to shift from the position that the Government has no duty to disclose “unambiguously irrelevant” material. The row was sparked by a legal request sent by the inquiry on 28 April for a number of materials, including unredactedFollow.
There has so far been little sign that ministers are set to shift from the position that the Government has no duty to disclose “unambiguously irrelevant” material. The row was sparked by a legal request sent by the inquiry on 28 April for a number of materials, including unredactedFollowUnited Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
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