Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 28 May 2023

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1. Ministers battle Covid inquiry

Ministers may take the “extraordinary step” of launching legal action against the Covid inquiry, in their battle to keep secret a “slew of sensitive messages” from senior figures including Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, said The Observer. Just 48 hours remain before the deadline to hand over unredacted messages and notes between Johnson and his ministers, and the government is “standing firm in its refusal to divulge the material”, said the paper. Heather Hallett, the chair of the inquiry, has warned that a failure to comply with her order would amount to a criminal offence.

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