Covid Enquiries

Published: May 30, 2023, 9:01 p.m.

Number 10 deny a cover-up over Boris Johnson\u2019s Covid Whatsapp messages. The Covid inquiry has demanded that the former PM hand over unredacted messages, diaries and notebooks by Thursday.

Adam talks it all through with political correspondent Alex Forsyth and the Institute for Government\u2019s Catherine Haddon, who also teaches ministers the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of doing official business over WhatsApp.

Plus the BBC\u2019s former China correspondent John Sudworth and producer Simon Maybin talk about their new Radio 4 series which explores Covid\u2019s origin.

Today\u2019s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Ben Carter with Madeleine Drury, Rufus Gray and Jack Taylor. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.