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'Govt must end this damaging mixed messaging on travel'

Government
James Chapple
19 May 2021

Pilots union Balpa has called for an immediate end to the government’s "damaging" mixed messaging on international travel, while Travel Network Group chief Gary Lewis has said the confusion risked hindering the travel sector’s fledgling recovery.

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General secretary Brian Strutton on Wednesday (19 May) said that while the public was "understandably confused" by the new traffic light system, the least they could expect from government ministers was for them to understand it.


It comes after 48 hours’ confusion over the government’s stance on travel to amber list destinations, which is not illegal – but has been robustly discouraged by health secretary Matt Hancock and prime minister Boris Johnson.