Met will not charge MP Margaret Ferrier for travelling with Covid
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from on (#5953B)
Suspended SNP MP took test before self-isolating law came into force, Scotland Yard says
The Metropolitan police has said it will not charge the MP Margaret Ferrier with breaching Covid travel restrictions, because her positive test took place three days before the legal requirement to self-isolate came into force.
The Met said it had investigated Ferrier's decision to travel to Glasgow from London the day after receiving results saying she was positive for Covid-19, but found that no breach of the new regulations had been committed.
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