Cabinet Office may take legal action to deny Covid inquiry Boris Johnson material

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Such a challenge over Lady Hallett’s request for unredacted diaries and messages would be seen as unprecedented

, which sources said would give the pair a chance to clear the air over the row about new Partygate evidence being handed to police.

Launching a legal challenge against the ruling by the head of a public inquiry would be unprecedented, sources said. They also said that handing over Johnson’s unredacted diaries and WhatsApp messages from the former prime minister and his aide Henry Cook would be an affront to their privacy and the right to private policy discussion.

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