Ministers’ Whatsapp use does not break law

Campaigners have lost a High Court battle over ministers’ use of private communication systems such as Whatsapp.

Two groups, All the Citizens and the Good Law Project, complained that ministers were breaching the law by deleting messages and using private accounts for government business. Ministers disputed their claims.

Two judges yesterday dismissed the groups’ challenge after considering evidence at a London High Court. But they said the Government had said “some of its policies” would be rewritten in light of the ruling.

A spokesman for the Good Law Project said it aimed to appeal.