Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages have now been retrieved from his previous telephone and might be handed over to the COVID inquiry unredacted, his spokesman has stated.

The probe into the federal government's dealing with of the pandemic demanded to see the previous PM's messages from the peak of lockdown as a part of its ongoing work.

But after settling a disagreement with the Cabinet Office within the courts over whether or not the messages have been vital, the inquiry nonetheless didn't obtain the texts forward of final week's deadline.

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Mr Johnson's spokesperson had stated the previous PM was suggested to maintain his previous telephone switched off because of safety considerations after it was found, whereas he was in workplace, that the quantity had been freely obtainable on the web for round 15 years.

But after the ex-leader obtained the log off from safety companies to show the gadget again on, studies circulated that he had forgotten his passcode.

Now, Mr Johnson's spokesman has stated "technical experts" had "successfully recovered all relevant messages from the device", that means they may very well be given to the inquiry.

However, a "security check of this material" was now required by authorities, so "the timing of any further progress on delivery to the inquiry is therefore under the Cabinet Office's control".

The spokesperson added: "It was all the time the case that Boris Johnson would move this materials to the inquiry and do every little thing attainable to assist or not it's recovered.

"A careful process approved by the inquiry has been followed to ensure that this was successful."

The COVID inquiry, led by its chair Baroness Hallett, used a piece 21 discover to request all of Mr Johnson's unreacted WhatsApps, diaries and notebooks again in May.

But the Cabinet Office argued a few of the content material was "unambiguously irrelevant" and sought a judicial assessment in opposition to it.

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Mr Johnson insisted all through that he was pleased to handover the fabric, placing him at odds with the federal government place.

However, he stated the safety considerations along with his previous telephone - which he stopped utilizing in May 2021 - meant he must search recommendation from the safety companies about messages from earlier than that date.

The High Court dominated within the chair's favour earlier this month, and the division promised to conform.

Now, it seems Mr Johnson also can handover all of the remaining materials required by the inquiry.

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