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Evening Standard
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Sean Morrison, Rebecca Speare-Cole, Imogen Braddick

UK coronavirus LIVE: Boris Johnson faces Tory revolt over Dominic Cummings after death toll jumps by 134

Boris Johnson will today be questioned by senior MPs over the coronavirus crisis on Wednesday as calls for his key adviser to resign over his travel continue to grow.

The Prime Minister is set to face questions on the decision of his top aide, Dominic Cummings, to travel from London to Durham during the shutdown.

But controversy has been sparked by the fact the PM will only briefly be quizzed on the matter at the Commons Liaison Committee hearing.​

The Prime Minister now faces a revolt of more than 30 Tory MPs calling for his top aide to quit over the trip to Durham during lockdown.

Meanwhile, the Department of Health said another 134 people have died in hospitals, care homes and the wider community in the UK after testing positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 37,048.

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