Johnson hands WhatsApps and notebooks to Cabinet Office amid Covid inquiry row
A spokesman for Boris Johnson said all the material requested by the Covid inquiry had been handed to the Cabinet Office and should be disclosed.
A spokesman for Boris Johnson said all the material requested by the Covid inquiry had been handed to the Cabinet Office and should be disclosed.
The former prime minister insisted he has “no objection” to handing over the evidence as his successor Rishi Sunak.
It was understood there had been discussions about holding a clear-the-air telephone call but this is now not scheduled to go ahead.
The deadline had been set for 4pm on Tuesday but has been extended to Thursday.
Ministers could be set for a legal row over the requested release of unredacted WhatsApp messages belonging to Boris Johnson.
The former prime minister's new lawyers are expected to cost taxpayers more than £1 million on top of the £250k he's already spent.
Carol Vorderman's relentless campaign against the Conservative establishment continued on Have I Got News For You this week.
"You went to work for a man you knew was a consistent liar, and when you say Brexit was divisive it was worse than that, it was destructive"
“Our patience with the current state of British politics is clearly wearing thin," the general manager of The York Dungeon said.
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