Party pressure

Conservatives calling for resignation

STEVE BAKER

“It is intolerable that Boris’s government is losing so much political capital. Three changes are required. One, government needs competitive expert advice; two, Government must insist on high software engineering standards; three, Mr Cummings must go.”

CAROLINE NOKES

“I made my views clear to my whip yesterday. There cannot be one rule for most of us and wriggle room for others. My inbox is rammed with very angry constituents and I do not blame them. They have made difficult sacrifices over the course of the past nine weeks.”

DAMIAN COLLINS

“Dominic Cummings has a track record of believing that the rules don’t apply to him and treating the scrutiny that should come to anyone in a position of authority with contempt. The Government would be better without him.”

ROBERT HALFON

“It is important for everyone to follow the public health advice, that includes members of the Government and their respective advisers. If those regulations or laws have been breached there should be serious consequences.”

SIR ROGER GALE

“As a father and as a grandfather, I fully appreciate Mr Cummings’s desire to protect his child. There cannot be one law for the Prime Minister’s staff and another for everyone else. He has sent out completely the wrong message and his position is no longer tenable.”

SIMON HOARE

“With the damage Mr Cummings is doing to the Government’s reputation he must consider his position. Lockdown has had its challenges for everyone. It’s his ‘I don’t care; I’m cleverer than you’ tone that infuriates people.”