Boris Johnson has been warned public funding for his legal representation to the Covid inquiry could be withdrawn if he tries to "undermine" the government.tells the former PM to submit witness statements to officials for potential redactions.
In the letter, the Cabinet Office said: "The funding offer will cease to be available to you if you knowingly seek to frustrate or undermine, either through your own actions or the actions of others, the government's position in relation to the inquiry unless there is a clear and irreconcilable conflict of interest on a particular point at issue.
The Cabinet Office said it made clear Mr Johnson had "a duty to provide sincere witness to the inquiry independently and without reference to the views of the current government".
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