Why does Rishi Sunak want to limit scope of Covid inquiry?

Why does Rishi Sunak want to limit scope of Covid inquiry? When Boris Johnson first announced a public inquiry into Covid, many observers saw it as an attempt to kick difficult questions into the long grass. Two years on, in a twist that may well amuse the former prime minister, that long grass is littered with political bear traps for Rishi Sunak.

Such are the complexities of this week’s developments, it can be easy to overlook the sheer strangeness of what is actually going on: a government going to the high court to try to limit the scope of an official inquiry it set up in the first place. The Guardian

See also:

• Boris Johnson warned Covid inquiry legal funding could be withdrawn BBC News
• Government legal challenge against Covid inquiry ‘very disheartening’, virus victim’s son says Channel 4 News
• Senior Tories express doubts over Covid inquiry legal challenge The Guardian
• Sunak under fire as ‘stupid’ Eat Out to Help Out scheme to be focus of Covid inquiry The Guardian
• Who were in the WhatsApp groups Boris Johnson and ministers used to fight Covid? The Independent
• Boris Johnson warned he could lose legal funding for Covid inquiry ITV News
• Government accused of COVID inquiry 'cover-up' as legal battle beckons over Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages Sky News
• Boris Johnson to bypass Cabinet Office and hand over unredacted messages directly to COVID inquiry Sky News