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Ministers deleting WhatsApps to be crime

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June 04, 2025

LEADING politicians who delete WhatsApp messages on government business will face criminal sanctions under a secrecy crackdown. Ministers could be fined up to £5000 after the scandal of Nicola Sturgeon wiping her messages during the pandemic. Families who lost loved ones to Covid were furious after thousands of messages between key

- BY PAUL HUTCHEON

Ministers deleting WhatsApps to be crime

Scottish Government figures were destroyed.

It meant a mass of information including from then-deputy FM John Swinney had been lost, fuelling claims of betrayal.

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