A Cabinet minister has made a false claim about lockdown rules in a bid to defend Boris Johnson's chief aide, Dominic Cummings.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claimed the government had "never told people where they have to specifically locate themselves" during an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr.
This is untrue. Government guidance issued on March 22 - less than a week before Mr Cummings travelled 260 miles to Durham with his wife, who had coronavirus symptoms, and their child - specifically ordered the public to stay in their "primary residence".
The guidance was issued to ensure rural and regional communities did not see their health services overloaded with visitors bringing infections from big cities.