A deadline looms for the government to hand over unredacted WhatsApp messages sent and received by Boris Johnson to the official COVID inquiry. The order has already been challenged, and further wrangling in the courts could be on the cards.
"Another option is that the Baroness could refer the matter to the High Courts and the High Court would then make an order deciding what to do next.
"And if they decide to judicially review her, it's unlikely that any enforcement action will be taken in the meantime.Labour peer and former lord chancellor Lord Falconer told Sky News that he believes the government does not"have a leg to stand on" when it comes to refusing the inquiry.
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