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Shapps to oversee new taskforce to restart UK-US travel

Government
James Chapple
10 June 2021

Grant Shapps will oversee a new travel taskforce convened to expedite the resumption of transatlantic travel between the UK and US.

(Credit: Kevin Lanceplaine / Unsplash)

(Credit: Kevin Lancepaine / Unsplash)

The taskforce will explore options for resuming UK-US travel and ensure two countries are aligned on future international travel policy.


It will be overseen in the UK by transport secretary Grant Shapps and chaired by senior Department for Transport officials and their US counterparts.


Boris Johnson and Joe Biden will meet on Thursday (10 June) ahead of the G7 summit (11-13 June) and are expected to agree a new Atlantic Charter featuring a "principled commitment" to open up travel between the UK and the US "as soon as possible".