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live now to westminister and our political correpondent ione wells. a different response from boris johnson to the government in terms of the demands of the inquiry. that s right, and they have had different responses over the last week or so on this issue. the cabinet officejust week or so on this issue. the cabinet office just yesterday launched a judicial review, essentially a legal challenge, to the covid inquiry saying they don t feel it is right for them to hand over what they have described as unambiguously irrelevant material, for example, those containing conversations about personal or private matters of ministers or advisers or officials, so they have sought legal action against the covid inquiry. the covid inquiry has repeatedly said they think it is up to them to decide what materials relevant as part of their inquiry. the intervention by borisjohnson todayis the intervention by borisjohnson today is effectively him saying that he is willing to hand over th ....
but this is also a story about the workplace culture at britain s biggest commercial broadcaster. so let s take a look at what s happened so far. two weeks ago, schofield announced he was leaving this morning after 20 years. he suggested resigning had not been his choice. in a statement he said, i understand that itv has decided the current situation can t go on . a week later, he admitted to the affair with the younger colleague, and left itv completely. two days after that, his co star, holly willoughby issued a statement, saying she had asked schofield about the allegations when rumours emerged in 2020, but he had denied they were true. and now we understand that next week mps are to question itv executives over the developments, to see how the issue had been handled by the organisation. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he gr ....
They would be able to also access some of those messages. this is all very tricky for the government, just the day after they launched this judicial review, there also hasn t been a huge amount of optimism about the government winning this legal challenge, only yesterday evening the science minister george freeman told the bbc s question time he thought courts would rule in the inquiry s favour. i think it ll clear up give people confidence, even if all this achieves is to make very clear that the inquiry will treat with absolute confidentiality anything private and we can get on with it but i think it s really important that the rules of this are made clear. george freeman also said it was actually worth testing if officials had a right to privacy because that s at the heart of it, isn t it? that s right, he feels that even though it s likely that courts won t rule in the government s favour, ....
Huge amount of optimism about the government winning this legal challenge. 0nly yesterday evening, the science minister george freeman told the bbc s question time he thought courts would rule any inquiry s favour. let s turn to international affairs. the tense relationship between the us and china are taking centre stage at age s biggest annual security summit. it s known as the shangri la summit named after the hotel which hosts the event. 0ur correspondent is there for us. it s not a formal summit, it s just a gathering, a weekend of speeches, backroom dealings, delicate diplomacy, but we all know that s where the real work gets done, isn t it? it where the real work gets done, isn t it? , ., , ., ., ., ....