UK PM’s top aide defends actions during lockdown

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior adviser Dominic Cummings defended his actions during his first public appearance since a major row erupted over reports that he “broke” Britain’s COVID-19 lockdown rules. During a press conference in the rose garden of the Downing Street, Mr Cummings told reporters that he had behaved “reasonably”.

The row has dominated newspaper headlines in Britain since it was revealed last Friday that Mr Cummings, together with his wife and their four-year-old son, drove 260 miles (about 418 km) from London to his parents’ home in northeast city of Durham.