Ministers accused of ‘cover up’ over refusal to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps

The Independent says Pressure on Rishi Sunak to reveal Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages during the Covid crisis mounted today as an ex-mandarin accused the government of a “cover up”.

Lord Kerslake, the former head of the civil service, backed demands for the Cabinet Office to drop its refusal to hand over Mr Johnson’s unredacted Whatsapps to the official Covid inquiry.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme he agreed that protecting ministerial confidentiality was important but added: “There is some cover-up going on here to save embarrassment of ministers.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-covid-inquiry-whatsapp-b2348073.html