THE government’s failure to hand over uncensored evidence demanded by the head of the public inquiry into its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic was dubbed an insult to working people today.

The condemnation by the TUC came as the government was given two more days to hand former prime minister Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks to former Court of Appeal judge Baroness Hallett.

The deadline has been extended to 4pm on Thursday.