A billboard playing video of the prime minister telling the public to stay at home has appeared outside Dominic Cummings’ London home.

It plays a clip of Boris Johnson talking about the lockdown, as well as footage of people suffering from coronavirus talking about how difficult it is not to have their family around them.

Political campaign group Led by Donkeys drove to Mr Cummings’ home in a van today to display the video of Boris Johnson’s speech to the country.

It is in response to reports that the senior Government aide may have broken lockdown rules more than once.

Mr Cummings, 48, is alleged to have made two trips to County Durham, where his family lives, despite social restrictions.

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The Prime Minister offered his ‘full support’ to his chief adviser after the news emerged.

Responding to tweets about the protest, shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said: ‘This is not appropriate and should stop.

‘It makes people rightly furious and the denials have made it worse. Both he and PM need to account for that. But if his family/children are in there then personally I don’t think [the protest] is the right thing to do.’

Led by Donkeys also put up a separate installation on Westminster Bridge Road on Friday.

Posting a photo of the billboard, which reads ‘Stay alert, Government incompetence costs lives’, the group said: ‘When the PM’s top adviser is criss-crossing the country with coronavirus, it’s definitely time to stay alert.’

The Prime Minister defended Mr Cummings after news surfaced that he had travelled to Durham, but Downing Street said it would ‘not waste time’ replying to fresh allegations from ‘campaigning newspapers’.

Mr Cummings has denied returning to Durham in April, weeks after his initial time spent self-isolating in the region.

Speaking outside his London home on Sunday, after one journalist asked if he had been back to Durham in April, Mr Cummings said: ‘No, I did not.’

The Labour Party has called for Mr Johnson to front the daily Downing Street press conference to explain what went on, and is demanding an investigation into Mr Cummings’ behaviour.

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