UK police will not pursue Cummings lockdown breach

Dominic Cummings, top aide to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, faced questions of whether he will resign by the media on Friday morning as he left his home. British police say Cummings likely violated rules by traveling from home during lockdown, but the force has “no intention” to pursue the matter.

Cummings has acknowledged driving 250 miles (400 km) to his parents’ house in Durham, northeast England, during the lockdown, and later taking another drive to a scenic town 30 miles (50 km) away.

Police were seen outside his home as reporters waited to ask Cummings, "will you be resigning soon?" and repeated "more headlines for you today".

The chief adviser remained silent except to greet and thank a nearby police officer, then drove off in his car that appeared to be stained with eggs.

Durham Constabulary said Thursday that the second drive, to the town of Barnard Castle, was probably a “minor breach” of lockdown rules that would have “warranted police intervention had he been caught in the act.”

But police say there is “no intention to take retrospective action.” Johnson has resisted calls to fire Cummings for apparently flouting restrictions the government imposed on the rest of the country.