UK government defends top adviser over lockdown 'breach'

Cummings, who announced he was suffering from coronavirus symptoms on March 30, was seen with his young son close to his parents’ home in Durham, northeastern England, more than 250 miles away from his London home on March 31.

“The public has made extraordinary sacrifices during this pandemic and the lockdown. It cannot be one rule for those who set them and another for the British people,” Labour leader Keir Starmer said.But a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Cummings had acted “in line with coronavirus guidelines.”

Deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries suggested on Saturday there was some room for manouevre if both parents were ill, saying that “all guidance has a common-sense element to it, which includes safeguarding around adults or children.”Cummings also denied reports in the Guardian newspaper that police had spoken directly to him or his family over the issue.

Labour said that the government’s response “raises more questions than it answers”, particularly over whether “Number 10 is now questioning the validity of the statement from police.”

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