 Experts have gained access to Boris Johnson's old phone and recovered 'all relevant messages' which will now be handed to the Covid inquiry 'unredacted', a spokesman for the former prime minister has said. The apparent breakthrough came after he was told to stop using the device over security concerns after it emerged his number had been online for years. He then reportedly forgot the passcode. But his spokesman said Mr Johnson was 'pleased that technical experts have now successfully recovered all relevant messages from the device'. He added: 'The inquiry process requires that a security check of this material is now made by the Cabinet Office. 'The timing of any further progress on delivery to the inquiry is therefore under the Cabinet Office's control. 'It was always the case that Boris Johnson would pass this material to the inquiry and do everything possible to help it be recovered. 'A careful process approved by the Inquiry has been followed to ensure that this was successful.' Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. Or you can submit your videos and pictures here. For more stories like this, check our news page. Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here.){kind=link}
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Experts have gained access to Boris Johnson’s old phone and recovered ‘all relevant messages’ which will now be handed to the Covid inquiry ‘unredacted’, a spokesman for the former prime minister has said.
The apparent breakthrough came after he was told to stop using the device over security concerns after it emerged his number had been online for years.
He then reportedly forgot the passcode.
But his spokesman said Mr Johnson was ‘pleased that technical experts have now successfully recovered all relevant messages from the device’.