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The Cabinet Office had sought to withhold documents it regarded as irrelevant to the inquiry’s work.

Lorelei King said she was unimpressed with the testimony Matt Hancock gave to the inquiry.

The launch of the inquiry comes amid an ongoing row over Boris Johnson’s much-criticised resignation honours list.

His austerity programme was branded a “political choice” that left the UK “hugely exposed to the pandemic”.

Johnson told The Times that the Cabinet Office was refusing to return his notebooks in case he turns them over to the inquiry,.

A Government lawyer said it would ‘not be appropriate’ to take steps that could lead to legally-contested material being submitted.

The former prime minister launched a scathing attack on the Commons inquiry, comparing it to a ‘kangaroo court’.

He was speaking less than an hour before a deadline to hand over Boris Johnson’s papers and WhatsApp messages.

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.