Government departments asked to disclose use of personal phones and emails for official business

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Government departments asked to disclose use of personal phones and emails for official business
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Government departments asked to disclose use of personal phones and emails for official business

Campaigners hope the evidence will support the call for a judicial review into what they call a 'WhatsApp government'

Transparency campaigners have submitted legal requests to two Whitehall departments demanding to reveal each instance when ministers and top officials used personal phones, emails or self-deleting ...

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