Dominic Cummings: Met refuses to look into reports of second Durham trip

Force declines to examine lockdown allegations, saying it will not investigate Covid breaches retrospectively

The Metropolitan police has refused to help clarify whether Dominic Cummings made a second trip to Durham during lockdown at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Deputy commissioner Sir Stephen House said he understood “the passion” the behaviour of Boris Johnson’s chief adviser provoked, but he insisted the Met was sticking to its decision not to retrospectively investigate breaches of the Covid regulations.

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