Labour calls for Attorney General to apologise after her defence of Cummings

Suella Braverman had said the Prime Minister’s adviser had been doing ‘what any good parent does’.

Suella Braverman

The Government’s most senior legal adviser must apologise after defending Boris Johnson’s most senior aide’s trip to Durham, the shadow home secretary has said.

Nick Thomas-Symonds called on Attorney General Suella Braverman to apologise for her intervention in the case surrounding the Prime Minister’s special adviser Dominic Cummings, suggesting her actions undermined the legal independence of her office.

Ms Braverman had previously declared her support for Mr Cummings, saying “protecting one’s family is what any good parent does”, and endorsed a statement from No 10 which said Mr Cummings had behaved both “responsibly and legally”.