SNP calls for Cummings investigation in letter to UK's civil service chief

In the letter Ian Blackford also continues his calls for Dominic Cummings to resign over the fiasco, stating his position as ‘completely untenable’.

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has called on the head of the UK's civil service to investigate the “rule-breaking and the Tory Government’s cover-up” of Dominic Cummings’ lockdown journey to Durham.

The British Prime Minister’s top aide has come under fire after it emerged he had driven 250 miles despite the guidelines on travelling – and showing symptoms of coronavirus.