Boris Johnson ‘can’t remember passcode’ to old phone with Covid WhatsApps

Boris Johnson has not passed his pre-May 2021 messages to the Covid inquiry (Leon Neal/PA)

WhatsApp messages from Boris Johnson’s old mobile phone have still not been handed over to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry because he has reportedly forgotten the passcode.

The former British prime minister stopped using the device in May 2021 due to security concerns but it likely contains crucial correspondence about the Government’s early pandemic response.