Dominic Raab has been forced to backtrack after he contradicted government guidance in a press appearance this morning.
The Foreign Secretary contradicted the Prime Minister two key points of guidance on the BBC, saying you can meet both parents in the park if you are socially distanced and that some people should return to work on Wednesday.
Boris Johnson said last night that you can only meet one person at a distance while some workers should return to work today.
The PM’s messages were criticised for being “mixed” and “confusing” immediately after the briefing, and so it has shown today.
Raab had the unenviable job of facing the media to fill in the many blanks in government’s plan and struggled to understand much of it himself.
After contradicting the government’s advice it appears the Foreign Secretary has confirmed he fudged some remarks, implying, as Robert Peston says here, that we “are as we were”.
Piers Morgan cleared up the statement on GMB this morning, after being snubbed for an interview in favour of the BBC.
Related: Reports of “packed” public transport and “rammed” roads in London this morning
