Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given the WhatsApp data requested by an investigative committee to the government. Johnson is thus putting pressure on the government of incumbent Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to pass on the data uncensored.

The independent committee of inquiry, chaired by former judge Lady Heather Hallett, is to investigate the controversial handling of the corona pandemic under Johnson. The Conservative government had refused to share the data in its entirety, claiming that it was not in possession of it.