Vaccinated Brits with Covid passports could holiday in the US, France, Italy and Germany by June 28 – but Greece insists the paper handwritten NHS card handed out with a jab will suffice, it was revealed today. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will hold talks
Former Conservative minister who worked for PPE firm without permission is rebuked for taking on roles without approval George Freeman broke government rules when he was paid £5,000 as a consultant to Aerosol Shield without seeking permission He has admitted to the
Plans to restart international travel in jeopardy because of ‘vague and costly’ plans, MPs warn The foreign travel sector has had its ‘wings clipped’ by the ‘cautious’ Global Travel Taskforce, the Commons transport select committee said in a report The MPs warned
Grant Shapps demands plans for all smart motorways to have vehicle detection technology are sped up but insists they are safer than regular roads despite hard shoulder use being linked to deaths and emergency services access problems By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent
Why Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will NOT face a grilling over her controversial private emails Ms Palaszczuk will not face an Ethics Committee grilling over her private emails Speaker Curtis Pitt knocked back the opposition’s bid to refer her to committee Crime and
Will airport arrivals face a seven-hour wait? Fears of border chaos this summer if ministers fail to reopen e-passport gates as lockdown eases Around 20,000 travellers are arriving in Britain every day despite lockdowns Manual checking of passenger locator forms and covid
Grant Shapps has ordered ‘profiteering’ private testing companies to slash the cost of laboratory-based PCR checks to make international travel more affordable as he said people can now ‘start to think’ about booking a summer holiday abroad. The Transport Secretary today set
Travel restrictions to dozens of holiday destinations are set to be watered down in time for the summer holidays. A review at the end of June could mean quarantine and testing requirements are slashed for a number of popular locations. Transport Secretary Grant
Smart motorway death crash statistics will be analysed by roads regulator as Grant Shapps continues to insist they are safe The Transport Secretary has ordered an independent review of safety data Fourteen people were killed in 2019 on motorways without a hard shoulder
This week’s statement by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps that ‘people shouldn’t be booking holidays right now’ has been slammed by the travel industry. And quite right too. Travel company bosses have roundly criticised him for failing to point out that package holidays