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It argued that requesting"irrelevant" material"represents an unwarranted intrusion into other aspects of the work of government" and that"important issues of principle are at stake here, affecting both the rights of individuals and the proper conduct of government".
Then on Wednesday night, Mr Johnson"invited Cabinet Office to share this information with the inquiry". The inquiry wants messages - even from group chats - about the government response to COVID, as well as contact with a list of certain experts, ministers, civil servants and advisers It is understood the older messages on Mr Johnson's phone - before May 2021 - are no longer available to search because he was advised not to active his old phone following a well-publicised security breach in April that year.
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