Dominic Cummings: which alleged crimes will police be investigating?

Officers are using number-plate tracking software to follow No. 10 adviser’s movements

Dominic Cummings leaves his home in north London
The PM’s aide seems now to have ‘ridden the storm’ say commentators
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The police investigation into Dominic Cummings is being “overseen at the highest levels” and is considered a “critical incident”, according to reports.

The prime minister’s most senior aide is under investigation by Durham Constabulary not only for alleged breaches of lockdown laws but also claims that he may have broken the Highway Code by driving to “test his eyesight” after developing coronavirus symptoms, according to The Times.

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