Adviser Dominic Cummings was found to have made a 264-mile trip from London to Durham while members of the public were told to stay home and others missed out on the funerals of loved ones.
However, the prime minister has stood by his adviser, insisting that he acted"responsibly, legally and with integrity", after growing concerned that there would be nobody to look after his child if both he and his wife became ill with COVID-19.
He is also seen as an important part of Boris Johnson's election victory in December 2019 and a core member of Johnson's closest confidantes. However, additional eyewitness testimony reported by U.K. newspapers The Guardian and Daily Mirror, suggested that this wasn't the case and that Cummings had made a 60-mile round trip to a beauty spot.
Calls for Cummings to resign or be fired by Johnson were made not only by opposition leaders but also from Conservative MPs including Steve Baker and Simon Hoare, who called for him to step aside or risk undermining the government's message to the coronavirus outbreak.MPs also reported their inboxes being inundated with messages from angry and frustrated constituents, many of whom missed out on funerals of relatives and friends after following lockdown advice not to travel.
He admitted making a separate trip after his family's 14-day period of isolation to Barnard Castle, a beauty spot 30 miles away from Durham, which he said was necessary to check his eyesight was good enough for the drive back to London.Cummings said:"I don't regret what I did ... reasonable people might disagree."
He also defended Cummings reasoning for driving to Barnard Castle because of problems with his eyesight after the reason for the trip was criticized.
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