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Tory minister Alister Jack admits deleting WhatsApps sent during pandemic

The Covid inquiry has been hindered by the deletion of texts sent by those in government, campaigners say

By finlay johnston
Tory minister Alister Jack admits deleting WhatsApps sent during pandemic
Alister Jack, the UK's secretary of state for Scotland, admitted deleting WhatsApps sent during the pandemic | Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
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A Conservative minister has admitted deleting WhatsApp messages sent during the pandemic before the start of the UK Covid inquiry.

“I deleted all of them,” Alister Jack, Westminster's secretary of state for Scotland, told today’s inquiry hearing in Edinburgh.

It is the first time a minister in the UK government has admitted wiping texts sent during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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