The Covid Inquiry: Legal Battles, Stakes, and Conspiracies.

The UK government is likely to lose its legal case against the Covid inquiry over the demand to submit Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages, according to Science Minister George Freeman. The government missed a deadline to submit messages sent between Mr Johnson and 40 other ministers and officials during the pandemic. The Cabinet Office has argued many of the messages are not relevant and that to hand them over would compromise ministers' privacy and hamper future decision-making. The challenge is thought to be the first time a government has taken legal action against its own public inquiry.