Boris Johnson and the covid inquiry Whatsapp row | Everything you need to know

The Cabinet Office will take the Covid inquiry to court in the wake of its demand for “unambiguously irrelevant” WhatsApps sent during the pandemic. Ministers are seeking a judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s order to release Boris Johnson’s messages, diaries and notebooks. In a letter, the Cabinet Office said it “has today sought leave to bring a judicial review”. “We do so with regret and with an assurance that we will continue to cooperate fully with the inquiry before, during and after the jurisdictional issue in question is determined by the courts... “Specifically, whether the Inquiry has the power to compel production of documents and messages which are unambiguously irrelevant to the inquiry’s work, including personal communications and matters unconnected to the government’s handling of Covid.” Boris Johnson has confounded the Government by making it clear that he would make all of his Whatsapp date available. Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/06/01/rishi-sunak-news-latest-boris-johnson-covid-whatsapp/ #politics #borisjohnson #rishisunak Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscribe/digitalsub/3for1/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube Get the latest headlines: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.