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Restrictions to hit summer peak and Abta's 'lost generation' warning

Government
Gary Noakes
8 June 2021

Tuesday’s headlines (8 June) made for sobering reading for the travel industry, with health secretary Matt Hancock signalling there could be no additions to the green list for weeks and Abta chief Mark Tanzer telling MPs the travel trade stood to lose a generation of agents.

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Other outlets covered the rush to leave Portugal to avoid quarantine ahead of its addition to the UK government’s amber list on Tuesday morning and a likely extension of lockdown in the UK.


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Health secretary Matt Hancock said there would be no significant expansion of the green list “for the medium term” in order to protect “domestic freedoms". Hancock said the list would be reviewed for 28 June, but his words were taken as a sign foreign travel will be restricted during the July peak. (The Telegraph)


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