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Labour pressures Shapps to outline summer travel strategy

Government
Will Payne
29 June 2021

Labour has called on transport secretary Grant Shapps to provide a "clear plan of action" for a wider return to international travel this summer.

Grant Shapps was the UK's transport secretary during the Covid-19 pandemic (Credit: @GrantShapps / Twitter)

Shapps also chaired an ineffectual travel taskforce during Covid (Credit: @GrantShapps / Twitter)

Shadow transport minister Jim McMahon urged Shapps to publish the decision issuing guidance on government’s traffic light system following last week’s update in which Malta was added to the green list.

"More importantly we want to see the analysis that underpins [the decisions]," McMahon added. "We have been pushing for the government to show international leadership, but so far they have failed to step up. International cooperation is key to getting overseas travel back up and running again."