LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government on Thursday said it would not hand over internal WhatsApp messages requested by a public inquiry into its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and instead seek a legal challenge against the demand.
“The Cabinet Office has today sought leave to bring a judicial review,” the office responsible for overseeing the operation of government said in a letter to the inquiry after the deadline passed. Former prime minister Boris Johnson had ordered the inquiry to look into the preparedness of the country as well as the public health and economic response after Britain recorded one of the world’s highest total number of deaths from Covid-19.
A spokesman for the inquiry said its chairwoman Heather Hallett had received the Cabinet Office’s judicial review claim and that it would provide further updates on Tuesday during a preliminary hearing. “We’ve been long cooperating with the inquiry,” Mr Sunak told reporters, on the sidelines of a summit in Moldova, adding it was important to learn the lessons of the pandemic.‘I did not lie’ to Parliament over UK Covid-19 lockdown parties, says Boris Johnson
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