The government wants to block the COVID inquiry from having access to all of Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages, and the showdown is now being heard in the High Court
Boris Johnson is backing the COVID inquiry's attempts to see his unredacted messages, after the government attempted to block some of the releases in a High Court challenge.
The former prime minister has told the court case he has"no objections" to the inquiry seeing his entire back catalogue of communications. On the other side of the debate is the UK government, which wants to be able to decide what messages can and cannot be seen by Baroness Heather Hallett, the inquiry's chair.
Their legal team say the inquiry does not have the legal power to force them to release the messages and other documents, which it says cover matters"unconnected to the government's handling of COVID".The inquiry has said it is up to them to judge which messages were relevant. Lady Hallet says the government's attitude"undermines" her ability to carry out her investigation and would have"serious implications" for all public inquiries., with proceedings expected to conclude on Friday in front of Lord Justice Dingemans and Mr Justice Garnha, and a result expected at a later date.
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