Government set for legal battle with Covid inquiry over Johnson messages
Briefly

Ministers are preparing for a high-profile legal battle with the Covid-19 inquiry as the Government seeks to challenge the request for Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks.Bereaved families and opposition parties hit out at the Government after the Cabinet Office took the highly unusual step of seeking a judicial review of inquiry chairwoman Baroness Hallett's order to release the documents, arguing that it should not have to hand over material which is unambiguously irrelevant.
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