Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 31 May 2023

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1. Cabinet Office vs Covid inquiry

Rishi Sunak has been accused of a cover up as the Cabinet Office dug in its heels in its bid to withhold Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from the Covid inquiry. The probe, led by retired judge Heather Hallett, has demanded unredacted notebooks, diaries and WhatApp correspondence between Johnson and 40 senior government figures, but the Cabinet Office is opposing the request arguing part of the material is of a “private” and “personal” nature. Hallett is “a rare example of a public servant doing her job and ministers are running scared,” said Isabel Oakeshot in The Telegraph.

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