Boris Johnson’s Whatsapp messages have been recovered from his old phone, a spokesperson for the former Prime Minister confirmed.

He will now hand them over “unredacted” to the coronavirus inquiry.

A spokesperson said: “Boris Johnson is pleased that technical experts have now successfully recovered all relevant messages from the device. 

“As repeatedly stated, he will now deliver this material in unreacted form to the Inquiry.

“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.”