Cabinet Office Now Claims It 'Does Not Have' Boris Johnson's Covid WhatsApps

The government has told the official Covid inquiry it does not have Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages or notebooks.

Officials in the Cabinet Office had been given until 4pm today to hand over a trove of documents to the inquiry, but had refused to do so.

In an update this morning, the inquiry said it had extended this deadline by 48 hours until 4pm on Thursday.

Ministers and the inquiry are on course for for a legal battle over what has to be disclosed.

The government has...