Tag: Covid-19 Inquiry

COVID-19 Lockdowns ‘Damaged a Generation’: Former Chief Medical Officer

The interruption of education during COVID-19 lockdowns “damaged a generation,” England’s former Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dame Sally Davies has said. Giving evidence to the COVID-19 Inquiry on Tuesday, Davies, who is now the master of Trinity College, Cambridge, said education “has a terrific amount of work to do” to mitigate the impact on children and students….


Boris Johnson Willing to Hand Over ‘Unredacted’ WhatsApp Messages to COVID Inquiry

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is willing to hand over “all unredacted WhatsApp” messages to the COVID-19 inquiry, despite missing an extended deadline on Thursday. In a letter to Baroness Hallett, who will be chairing the inquiry, the former prime minister said he was willing to hand over all his WhatsApp messages from…


Unredacted WhatsApp Texts Handed to Cabinet Office, Says Johnson

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has handed his unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks to the Cabinet Office ahead of a looming deadline related to the UK’s COVID-19 Inquiry. The inquiry seeks to provide insight into core political and administrative decision-making by the UK government during the pandemic. Chaired by Lady Hallett, the inquiry has requested…


UK COVID Inquiry Extends Deadline for Government to Provide Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp Messages

The UK’s official COVID-19 inquiry has extended the deadline for the government to hand over former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, diaries, and notebooks. The initial request by the inquiry to receive the data was sent on April 28. In response, the Cabinet Office said it did not “have in its possession either Mr….