Transport Secretary Grant Shapps appeared to change lockdown rules while defending under-fire Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings today.
The cabinet minister was challenged over Cummings' 250 mile journey to Durham - despite tens of thousands of Brits having to be apart from their families in heartbreaking circumstances.
In an apparent blurring of the rules, Mr Shapps now claimed people had to quarantine "in the most practical way" - breaking drastically with government advice up to this point.
The government has previously told those who develop coronavirus symptoms - and those they live with - not to leave their homes.