At least one of his cabinet, the energy secretary grant shapps, seems not to be on board with that, saying this morning he believes the covid inquiry should be given whatever they wa nt as evidence gathering begins in two weeks time under the chairmanship of the right honourable baroness dame heather carol hallett. today s move from the government is believed to be the first time ever that ministers have taken legal action against an inquiry their own government has established. so where does all of this leave the covid inquiry? here s kate. what s relevant to the uk s pandemic response? that s the issue at the heart of the judicial review the government announced today. the cabinet office is challenging whether it should have to disclose what it considers unambiguously irrelevant material to the upcoming public inquiry, including parts of borisjohnson s whatsapp messages and diaries. the chair of the covid inquiry, baroness hallett, however, has previously found that the refusal to