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Neil Shaw

Government to announce new foreign holiday and travel rules

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the Government would be making “more announcements” on international travel, following a review on Monday next week.

He told Sky News: “I will be talking more about the way forward on things like international travel corridors then.

“But now, each week actually, we are reviewing and, where required, updating the list of countries it’s safe to travel to.”

It comes after the Government lifted the travel ban for almost 80 countries - although only 25 currently welcome UK tourists.

The change in the rules means people returning to the UK from those countries don't need to quarantine for 14 days.

And it comes as the Government is reported to be considering removing Spain from the list of safe countries.

Spain is reported to have seen cases of coronavirus triple since lockdown rules were lifted at the end of June.

Ireland has just published its list of countries it is safe to travel to - which does not include the UK.

Mr Shapps also said he “can’t confirm” whether the Government has considered suspending Air Passenger Duty to support airlines hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Asked if the Government would look at making such a change, he told Sky News: “I’m the Transport Secretary rather than the Chancellor so I can’t, I’m afraid, tell them that.”

He added: “I can’t get into pre-empting budget and other measures, so I can’t confirm that at all, I’m afraid.”

The duty is a charge of between £13 and £515 charged by the Government on most flights from the UK.

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