In a televised addressed on Monday evening (4 January), the prime minister said – for a third time – people in England should stay at home to limit the spread of Covid-19 and protect the NHS.
The new measures come into force with immediate effect, and will be formally signed off my ministers in the coming days.
It comes after Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have all, in recent weeks, enacted their own lockdown measures, designed to curb the spread of Covid.
Abta, while accepting the measures were necessary to control the spread of the virus, said it was now vital ministers recognised the unique challenges facing travel businesses.
