Johnson’s messages handed to Covid-19 inquiry after Government court defeat
The Cabinet Office had sought to withhold documents it regarded as irrelevant to the inquiry’s work.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
The Cabinet Office had sought to withhold documents it regarded as irrelevant to the inquiry’s work.
The former PM used his new Daily Mail column to take aim at ULEZ - calling it Sadiq Khan's "odious, unjustified tax on drivers". That's not what he was saying a few years back.
The Standards Committee found Chris Pincher's actions amounted to an “egregious case of sexual misconduct”.
It must hand over the messages by Monday after the court loss.
The report found attacks mounted by "experienced colleagues" to be particularly concerning, and pointed to further action.
Officials contacted Buckingham Palace after Boris Johnson overruled security advisers and Holac to push the nomination through.
The Privileges Committee has criticised a ‘sustained’ and ‘seemingly co-ordinated’ attempt to undermine its inquiry.
‘I’ve never had before in my life’
Labour MP Karl Turner said taxpayers paying the former PM's legal fees for a parliamentary inquiry was without precedent.
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