THE prime minister's special advisor Dominic Cummings should be sacked after police revealed he "might have" broken lockdown rules, a Gwent MP has said.
Torfaen's Nick Thomas-Symonds, who is also Labour's shadow home secretary, was speaking after Durham Police said in a statement a visit to Barnard Castle in County Durham in March by Mr Cummings and his family "might have been a minor breach" of regulations.
“The police have confirmed what we all knew, that Dominic Cummings broke the rules he helped to write," said Mr Thomas-Symonds. "The country cannot afford for this saga to carry on.
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"Only Boris Johnson can draw a line under it.
“(Labour leader) Keir Starmer has said that if he was prime minister, he would have sacked Dominic Cummings. Boris Johnson should follow that advice.
“If he does not act then he will send a clear message that there is one rule for his closest adviser and another for the British people.”
Police have said no action will be taken against Mr Cummings, who earlier this week held a press conference in which he refused to quit.
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