Angry MPs in Boris Johnson's own Conservative party are urging him to sack Dominic Cummings over new claims that he broke the coronavirus lockdown

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• Boris Johnson is under immense pressure to sack his close chief advisor Dominic Cummings.
• A former government minister told Business Insider that several Conservative MPs had written to government whips expressing anger over the latest claims facing Cummings.
• Cummings and his family drove to a city 260 miles from London in March during the UK's lockdown, despite both him and his wife having coronavirus symptoms, it was reported on Friday.
• It emerged on Saturday that Cummings was allegedly spotted in Durham and the surrounding area on two more occasions a month later.
• Downing Street doubled down in its defense of Cummings, accusing The Guardian and Daily Mirror newspapers of publishing a "stream of false allegations.
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under intense pressure to sack his chief advisor Dominic Cummings after fresh claims that he flouted the UK government's strict lockdown rules to travel 260 miles from London more than once.

A senior MP and former government minister told Business Insider that several Conservative MPs had written to government whips expressing anger over the latest claims facing Cummings and urging Johnson to take action.

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