Covid inquiry WhatsApp message said ‘the real person in charge is Carrie’
The hearing in central London is part of module two, which focuses on core UK decision-making and political governance.
The hearing in central London is part of module two, which focuses on core UK decision-making and political governance.
"I was always told that dom was the secret PM...the real person in charge is carrie", one of the messages reads.
The Prime Minister said that he does ‘not have access’ to the messages as he changed his phone several times, The Guardian has reported.
"My experience as outlined above presents in my view a process that is neither inclusive, fair or democratic"
The move to a statutory footing grants the inquiry legal powers to compel witnesses.
The Government is under mounting pressure to upgrade the public probe, which it ordered last week on a non-statutory basis.
Lawyer Aamer Anwar, who is representing the Scottish Covid Bereaved group, described Wednesday’s proceedings as ’embarrassing’ and ‘disrespectful’.
The Prime Minister acknowledged at the Infected Blood Inquiry that governments have let down victims for decades.
Government officials are helping him to try to retrieve the messages on the locked device relating to the early pandemic response, it is understood.
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