Danny Callaghan, chief executive of the association, said: "I would like to understand why, if I were to test positive for the Omicron variant today, I am able to quarantine at home, but a person arriving from a red list country is not trusted to do the same.

"Image if the government went around collecting Omicron-positive people from their homes, dragging them off to some shabby hotel for 10 days, and then charging over two thousand pounds for the privilege – there’d be uproar. Yet returning Brits are expected to do just that."

He called on the government to take a "sensible approach", and allow people to quarantine at home after returning from a red-listed country.

"Many of us can work from home, so that removes some of the negative implications, but there also needs to be a package to support those who cannot work from home and face losing ten days’ earnings, rather than the current model that sees them lose earnings and having to pay a hefty premium," he continued.

Lata has also provided its members with a template letter to urge their MPs to back the calls.