A Government minister has resigned over Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip to Durham, delivering a massive blow to Boris Johnson and Downing Street.
Douglas Ross, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and a Tory whip, announced this morning he is quitting the frontbench because he was unconvinced by Mr Cummings' defence of the 260-mile journey.
Mr Ross, the MP for Moray, said in his resignation letter: 'I have constituents who didn't get to say goodbye to loved ones; families who could not mourn together; people who didn't visit sick relatives because they followed the guidance of the government.
'I cannot in good faith tell them they were all wrong and one senior adviser to the government was right.'
