Meanwhile, working from home and other Covid measures will remain in place for the foreseeable future, and there are forecasts of an income squeeze for most families in 2022.
Here are the key headlines concerning travel on Tuesday 4 January.
Pre-departure PCR tests ‘to be dropped’
UK arrivals will no longer be obliged to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test under forthcoming changes to travel requirements, it is understood. Ministers have reportedly conceded this measure does not serve a purpose anymore. The requirement to take a PCR test within two days of arriving in the UK will remain, it is understood. (The Times)
