Boris Johnson has continued to back senior adviser Dominic Cummings after it was revealed he broke lockdown while self-isolating.
The Prime Minister said he believed the top aide had acted "responsibly, legally and with integrity" by travelling to Durham when displaying symptoms.The UK Government leader said his valued colleague had "followed the instincts of any parent" and that he did "not mark him down for that".
The announcement came after it was revealed that Cummings had travelled more than 250 miles with his wife and child after showing symptoms of the killer virus in March.
Johnson said: "I have concluded that in travelling to find the right kind of childcare, at the moment when both he and his wife were about to be incapacitated