One of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's key advisers, Dominic Cummings, was caught violating the rules of containment, newspapers reported on Friday. Dominic Cummings left his London home to live with his parents in Durham, in the north-east of England, when he had symptoms of Covid-19, the daily newspapers Daily Mirror and The Guardian said .
The opposition asked for an explanation. "The British people do not expect that there will be one law for themselves and another for Dominic Cummings," said a spokesman for the Labor Party. Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said Cummings "will have to resign" if the facts are confirmed.
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Police in Durham confirmed that they had been informed on March 31 that someone had arrived from London. Dominic Cummings was seen at his parents' home with a child, who appears to be her son, the two newspapers added. On that date, the government of Boris Johnson asked the population to only go out to meet their basic needs and demanded that those who showed symptoms not to leave their homes.
Dominic Cummings was a prominent member of the Brexit campaign, then followed Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street last year.