MP Sarah Olney, the party’s transport spokesperson, has written to transport secretary Grant Shapps pleading for “targeted” financial support for travel, including the reintroduction of furlough payments for the sector from this month through to March 2022.
“I am urging the government to consider carefully how it wants to treat British businesses in the travel sector,” said Olney. “They have endured a devastating pandemic and are in desperate need of assistance if they are to remain competitive in the coming months.”
She also called for grants to be made available for the sector, as well as extra business rates relief for travel businesses.
