Cabinet Minister Robert Jenrick drives 150 MILES to his £1.1million second home to be with family during lockdown, just DAYS after ordering public to not travel unnecessarily (and he also visited his parents 40 miles away!)
Robert Jenrick appealed to members of the general public to avoid unnecessary travel
He drove 40 miles to jaunt his mother and father at their aim Shropshire
Mr Jenrick said he was bringing his mother and father food and medicine
A cabinet minister has broken the lockdown rules twice, it emerged last night.
Robert Jenrick, a key player within the Government’s response to coronavirus, travelled 150 miles from London to his £1.1million second aim Herefordshire, where he's now living together with his family.
He was also seen visiting his parents in Shropshire at the weekend, despite urging others to remain reception for ‘all bar the foremost essential activities’.
A source near him defended the trip, saying he visited deliver food and medicine and failed to enter the house.
Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick, pictured in Downing Street on March 29, has defended driving 150 miles last weekend to go to his parents in Shropshire despite the Covid-19 lockdown as he was delivering food and medicine to his mother and father who are self isolating
On April 1, Mr Jenrick was appearing carry on television from his Herefordshire home
Mr Jenrick, pictured together with his wife Michal Berkner, defended driving to his parents claiming he was dropping off medication and food - both of which are allowed under current guidelines
Mr Jenrick moved his family from London to his Grade I-listed Herefordshire mansion before the lockdown. He then delivered food and medicine to his parents in Shropshire
The Communities Secretary moved to his Grade I-listed Herefordshire mansion after jaunt second homes was banned. He told the Mail that he and his wife and their three young children, consider the Herefordshire property to be the family home.
He owns a £2.5million townhouse but a mile from the homes of Parliament and rents a property in his Newark constituency, which he bills taxpayers £2,000 a month for.
On March 23 new instructions were issued warning people to stay at their primary residence and not visit second homes ‘whether for isolation purposes or holidays’.
It added: ‘People should remain in their primary residence. Not taking these steps puts additional pressure on communities and services that are already in danger.’
It came as:
Carrie Symonds thanked NHS workers after Boris Johnson was alienated of intensive care;
Priti Patel warned police against being ‘heavy handed’ after a Chief Constable said his force could introduce roadblocks and search shopping trolleys;
Police chiefs warned the general public ‘your time is up’ as they vowed anyone caught avoiding on an Easter getaway break or day tripping are turned back;
A Government scientific adviser said the country ‘cannot hide away forever’ from the disease and predicted that 80 per cent of individuals would get it;
Dominic Raab urged people to ‘please stay home’ over the long Easter weekend, amid fears that sunny weather will encourage people to interrupt the lockdown;
A Government source said: ‘We have effectively taken the choice to increase the lockdown’;
Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said almost a 3rd of individuals worldwide who have had coronavirus may have shown no symptoms;
Moves to supply MPs an additional £10,000 for his or her offices during the pandemic were condemned as an ‘outrageous waste of public money’;
The Government extended its ‘overdraft’ with the Bank of England to finance its coronavirus spending spree;
Foreign Secretary Mr Raab hinted NHS workers can be in line for a pay rise because the nation took part within the clap for carers event;
Hopes were revived for a mass testing programme that would pave the simplest way out of the lockdown;
Universities said they needed a £2billion bailout to fend off ‘financial failure’ and collapse;
Scientists said the virus has mutated into three distinct types;
Matt Hancock launched a review into the health consequences of the lockdown after A&E attendances dropped to their lowest on record.
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