"Mr Cummings has attended meetings of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) - the scientific body which gives independent advice that shapes the government's coronavirus response.This petition starter stood up and took action. The PM's chief aide Dominic Cummings is facing calls to resign after it emerged he travelled from London to his parents' home in Durham with coronavirus symptoms during lockdown.
The government's guidance was very clear: stay at home and no non-essential travel. Labour demanded No 10 provided a "swift explanation" for Mr Cummings' actions. Sign this petition More than 500,000 people have signed a petition calling for Dominic Cummings to be sacked.The raging storm around his position at the heart of Government sparked The Prime Minister and a string of top Cabinet ministers have so-far defended the senior aide, who apparently made the trip because he feared he would be unable to care for his son.A Downing Street statement even described the trip as ‘essential’, despite the Government’s own travel guidance stating ‘essential travel does not include visits to second homes, campsites, caravan parks or similar, whether for isolation purposes or holidays.’But the petition explains how, under Government guidelines, anyone with coronavirus symptoms should not leave their home, even if for essential supplies, for seven days.The page also refers to Government scientist Professor Neil Ferguson who stepped back from his role after it emerged that his girlfriend had visited him from another household during lockdown.When Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown on March 23, he told the nation: ‘I must give the British people a very simple instruction – you must stay at home.’Police confirmed Mr Cummings definitely broke this key guidance as officers spoke to his father about him being in Durham on March 31, after the regulations came into force in England on March 26.Mr Cummings and his wife, who was experiencing coronavirus symptoms, stayed in a property ‘adjacent’ to his parents’ home.
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