Grant Shapps admits he did not speak to Dominic Cummings before defending his 260-mile trip – video

The transport secretary says he did not know details of Boris Johnson’s chief adviser’s 260-mile trip from London to Durham and had not spoken to him, in an interview with Andrew Marr on Sunday, despite having received the questions in advance.

The questions follow allegations that Cummings broke the government’s lockdown rules on several occasions after he and his wife contracted coronavirus.

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