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Labour brands govt plans to ease travel rules 'reckless'

Government
Will Payne
28 July 2021

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has dubbed the UK government’s plans to allow fully vaccinated arrivals from the EU and US to travel to England without having to quarantine as "reckless".

Heathrow faces take-off and landing disruption on Monday (Credit: Heathrow airport)

(Credit: Heathrow airport)

Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday (28 July), Rayner said: "Everybody wants to go on holiday and get back to normal as quickly as possible, but this is reckless. We know that the Delta variant came into this country and delayed the lifting of some of the restrictions and caused infections here." 

She further called for "data-driven analysis" before a decision was made, and for the government to consider an international vaccine passport.

"We also know that people who have had the vaccine can still get the virus, so a testing regime is very important and crucial as well," she added.