in may 2020, many people wanted cummings to quit because he visited his parent's farm in durham. durham is over from his home in london. at the time, he had symptoms of covid-19, and rules in the uk during the pandemic said people who thought they had the virus should stay at home. prime minister boris johnson said that cummings had done nothing wrong and had a reason to go against the rules, because he needed childcare for his child. the durham constabulary started an investigation to see if cummings had broken the law.