Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told Sky News claims Boris Johnson's top adviser broke the lockdown twice are 'not true'.
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told Sky News claims Boris Johnson's top adviser broke the lockdown twice are"not true". The prime minister's right-hand man had already admitted that he drove 260 miles from London to Durham with his wife and young son in late March to self-isolate at a family property despite strict restrictions against long-distance journeys.
Now, the Sunday Mirror and The Observer claim he made a second trip to Durham and was seen there on 19 April - five days after being photographed in Downing Street on his return to Westminster.Asked about the fresh allegations, Mr Shapps told Sophy Ridge on Sunday:"I certainly know that the first one you mention, of travelling back up , I know that is not true.
"I'm afraid I don't know but if that date was true that would have been outside the 14-day period. But I'm afraid I don't have the information on that."But I do know it is not the case that he has travelled backwards and forwards, which seemed to be a major part of the stories I saw in the paper today."
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