Boris Johnson says lockdown-breaking advisor acted 'with integrity'

UK prime minister Boris Johnson backed his chief advisor Dominic Cummings, who travelled 400 km (250 miles) to northern England during the coronavirus lockdown.

At Sunday's daily press briefing, Johnson reacted to the growing clamour for Cummings's dismissal by saying his aide had acted "responsibly, legally and with integrity."

Johnson's office said Cummings made the journey to ensure his four-year-old son could be properly cared for as his wife was ill with COVID-19 and there was a "high likelihood" that Cummings would himself become unwell.

"I think that what they did was totally understandable," Johnson insisted. "I think any father, any parent would frankly understand what he did and I certainly do."

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