The United Kingdom under Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson was "ill prepared for dealing with a catastrophic emergency, let alone the Covid-10 pandemic that actually struck", a damning first report from an inquiry on UK's Covid preparedness has found.

'Outdated, abandoned, labyrinthine': Covid inquiry finds how UK's health system failed people during pandemic

Former senior advisors of UK’s then prime minister Boris Johnson have slammed the leader over mishandling of the Covid crisis. On Tuesday (Oct 31), both were summoned to testify against Johnson in the COVID-19 public inquiry that was set up to examine the government’s response to the pandemic.

Ex-advisors slam Boris Johnson over handling of Covid pandemic during public hearing

Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer and current UK Prime Minister, has informed the COVID-19 inquiry that he is unable to provide WhatsApp messages from his time as Chancellor during the pandemic, citing his failure to back these messages, as reported by The Guardian.

UK PM Sunak hasn't shared WhatsApp messages to Covid inquiry, citing lack of backups: Reports

The UK government has been unsuccessful in its legal challenge to prevent the Covid inquiry from accessing Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages, diaries, and notebooks in their entirety.

UK govt loses legal battle to prevent Covid inquiry from accessing Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government on Friday asked London's High Court to stop a public enquiry into its handling of the Covid pandemic forcing it to hand over some internal WhatsApp messages.

UK asks court to curb powers of COVID-19 enquiry to see WhatsApp messages

The British government has refused to hand over personal WhatsApp messages and diaries of Boris Johnson to the Covid inquiry panel and has decided to launch a legal battle against the panel that was formed by the former prime minister in 2021.

Covid inquiry: British govt refuses to hand over Boris Johnson’s personal chats, sets stage for legal battle

UK’s former prime minister Boris Johnson has submitted his WhatsApp messages and notes to the Cabinet Office as demanded for the Covid inquiry. He has asked the government to “urgently disclose” all of his commutations without any redactions.

Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApp messages, tells govt to release them

UK government has given more time to British ministers to hand over unredacted messages from former prime minister Boris Johnson to a public inquiry looking into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

UK govt given more time to hand over Boris Johnson's messages to Covid inquiry

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