Covid inquiry to receive Boris Johnson’s messages now recovered from old phone

The apparent breakthrough announced on Friday came after he was told to stop using the device over security concerns after it emerged his number had been online for years
Covid inquiry to receive Boris Johnson’s messages now recovered from old phone

Boris Johnson has committed to handing over the messages (Andrew Boyers/PA)

Boris Johnson will hand over messages from his old mobile phone to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry after technical experts managed to recover them, his spokesman has said.

The apparent breakthrough announced on Friday came after he was told to stop using the device over security concerns after it emerged his number had been online for years.

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