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Dear prime minister – come and meet the travel industry

Government
James Chapple
5 September 2022

The new prime minister is likely to find a long to-do list in their in-tray when they take office on Tuesday (6 September).

One of either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be named as the UK's new prime minister on Monday (Credit: parliament.uk)

But while every industry will be clamouring to have its voice heard, travel’s top two demands are simple: cost of living support and a dedicated travel minister.

In a survey asking TTG readers to rank which issues they believe the new prime minister should focus on when she – or he – comes to power, “providing cost of living support for individuals and/or businesses” came out top, followed closely by a dedicated minister for travel.


Third on the list of priorities was “helping travel and aviation solve its recruitment crisis”.