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Ministers are to launch legal action against the official Covid public inquiry in a last-ditch attempt to avoid handing over Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApps.
The unprecedented move was confirmed in a letter from the Cabinet Office to the inquiry, headed by the retired judge Heather Hallett, who had given ministers a deadline of 4pm on Thursday to comply with her demands for evidence.
“The Cabinet Office has today sought leave to bring…
