Tory MPs still calling for Cummings to go amid fears furore around PM’s aide will distract from government’s public health messagePublic anger swells ranks of Tory MPs turning on PM’s key aideMatt Hancock outlines local lockdown measures to suppress infectionGlobal coronavirus updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 2.49pm BST Durham county council has advised schools that 15 June “is a more realistic date for the phased reopening to begin”.In a statement, councillor Olwyn Gunn, cabinet member for children and young people’s services, said the priority was staff and pupil safety, adding:We have at no point stated schools should return on 1 June.And in the light of the new scientific advice, high infection rates and the unacceptable delays in implementing contact tracing, we believe 15 June is a more realistic timeline for all schools to work towards, subject to government scientific advice and individual school risk assessments. 2.46pm BST West Midlands police and crime commissioner David Jamieson said officers are reporting people breaking lockdown rules and using Dominic Cummings as an excuse, amid fears Boris Johnson’s key aide’s actions are undermining the government’s public health messaging.Jamieson told BBC Radio 4’s The World At One programme that people are telling officers that “if it is okay for Cummings, it is okay for us” and “it looks like there is one rule for us and another rule for the people in No 10 Downing Street”.Now you can’t… if the rules are flexible, and people seem to have interpreted them who are at the heart of government, then it is almost impossible then for police officers to be able to carry out their job effectively.What the police are now saying to me is they are getting quite a push back, not just from some of the younger people who previously where saying why can’t I play football, why can’t I go out in the streets? They’re getting push backs from other generations of people as well. Continue reading…
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