Rishi Sunak fails to hand WhatsApp messages to covid inquiry – reports

Ministers and other UK government officials are expected to give evidence during the second module of the inquiry

Rishi Sunak wrote in his witness statement that he does ‘not have access’ to the messages as he changed his phone several times, The Guardian reported (PA)

Rishi Sunak has told the covid-19 inquiry that he is unable to provide WhatsApp messages from his time as British chancellor during the pandemic because he failed to back them up, it has been reported.

He wrote in his witness statement that he does “not have access” to the messages because he changed his phone several times, The Guardian claimed.