U.K. police say PM Boris Johnson's aide Dominic Cummings made 'minor' lockdown rule breach
But the force said "there is no intention to take retrospective action" because no one else has been fined retrospectively.
Cummings has defended his actions, saying he travelled to ensure that his 4-year-old son could be looked after if he and his wife, who both had coronavirus symptoms, became sick. He says he drove to Barnard Castle to test whether his eyesight, which had been affected by illness, was good enough for the long trip back to London.
Johnson said Wednesday he would "see what we can do to help" people who have no recourse to public funds after he was challenged by Stephen Timms, a lawmaker from the main opposition Labour Party. Though the government has rolled support measures to shore up household incomes, such as easing the conditions to access sick pay, many families have been unable to do so because of the conditions attached to their visas.
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