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Shapps will discuss travel and tourism's recovery from Covid-19
Grant Shapps appointed new home secretary
Shapps has replaced Suella Braverman, six weeks after prime minister Liz Truss fired him from his role as transport secretary
A new tourism minister was appointed this week. Picture: Marcin Nowak/Unsplash
Climate groups take govt to court over Jet Zero strategy
Two groups have lodged judicial review claims because the govt’s Jet Zero strategy ‘would encourage a huge increase in flights’
Anne-Marie Trevelyan is the UK's new transport secretary (Credit: parliament.uk)
New transport sec outlines travel priorities to select committee MPs
Anne-Marie Trevelyan said the issue of India scrapping e-visas for Brits was ‘very high on my priority list’
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Inflation soars again and more rail strikes
UK consumers are facing even higher prices as inflation tops 10%
When will the storm clouds over Westminster lift (Credit: Original Toast / Unsplash)
Poll: Who should be in charge and how can they fix the economy?
Tell us who you think should be leading the country, and what they should do to dig us out of this hole
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Hunt shreds PM's tax plans and power blackout warning
Tuesday’s headlines focus on the government’s ’astounding’ U-turn, which has seen new chancellor Jeremy Hunt reverse most of the PM’s tax plans
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Abta urges travel to complete govt survey on energy support review
The association has encouraged members and the wider industry to complete the survey as part of the govt’s review on energy bill support
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Lo Bue-Said: ‘Govt chaos hampering travel’s Covid recovery’
The chief executive of The Advantage Travel Partnership said the government’s U-turn on VAT will be a ‘huge knock’ to small UK travel businesses
Last week brought optimism but it will take more than positive thinking to help the industry bounce back
Poll: Share your views with TTG's Political Crisis Survey
Share your views on the current tumult and tell us what ministers could be doing to get the country – and travel industry – bouncing back
Abta has opened up to trust accounts (Credit: Andre Taissin/Unsplash)
What the reversal of today’s mini budget means for you
New chancellor Jeremy Hunt has shredded nearly all of former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, with almost every one of his announced tax cuts now scrapped, along with the government’s previous plans to cap rising energy prices.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan is the UK's new transport secretary (Credit: parliament.uk)
Transport sec Trevelyan to make select committee debut this week
Trevelyan will give evidence for the first time since taking office
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Truss fights for survival and pound recovers after more U-turns
PM faces crucial few days to save her so-far short-lived spell in Downing Street, with markets rallying on Monday ahead of more ‘mini-Budget’ U-turns
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
PM under threat fire as chancellor flies home to address economic strife
Liz Truss tipped to scrap ‘mini-Budget’ to calm markets as chancellor flies back from US early to focus on the situation
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Disruption likely to continue next summer, travel leaders warn
Air and ferry chiefs admit worries over new EU Entry/Exit scheme, and ongoing impacts of staff shortages, during hearing of parliament’s transport committee on Wednesday
Goodall warned travel would struggle to get a decent hearing from the current government
Travel 'may find Number 10's door increasingly closed'
Addressing the Abta Convention, journalist Lewis Goodall said sectors like travel would find it increasingly hard in the coming months to make their voice heard to government
'British politics has collapsed like an unstable souffle,' the former international trade secretary told Abta delegates (Credit: parliament.uk)
'Tories have no chance at next election...' admits ex-Tory MP
’British politics has collapsed like an unstable souffle,’ former Conservative MP and international trade secretary told delegates in Marrakesh, blasting Liz Truss’s ’populist’ agenda
Tanzer cautioned against a bonfire of the regulations governing travel in his opening address at the 2022 Abta Convention
Tanzer: 'Travel can look ahead with renewed confidence and ambition'
Abta chief fires warning shots at chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg in Abta Convention opening address
Eilat will be a significant focus for Israel's tourism strategy (Credit: Dafna Tal / Israeli Ministry of Tourism)
Israel further eases Covid-19 entry requirements
The changes came into effect on Sunday (9 October 2022)
Last week brought optimism but it will take more than positive thinking to help the industry bounce back
Summer disruption in spotlight next week at transport committee hearing

The Transport Select Committee is to host a one-off evidence session from 9.15am on Wednesday (12 October) examining the problems faced across the aviation, rail and maritime sectors which caused major delays for UK travellers.

MPs will consider whether the issues were “foreseeable or preventable” and discuss what the current government can do to make travel plans more certain for consumers. 

Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Hong Kong’s free flights and PM’s energy plea
Destination will give away free airline tickets to try to kickstart its tourism industry
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Tories in 'open warfare' and more rail strike chaos
Wednesday’s headlines focus on PM Liz Truss’ woes ahead of her crucial conference speech, while a new round of rail strikes is under way
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Advantage and Aito join forces to bolster government lobbying effort
Advantage boss Julia Lo Bue-Said said 90% of members said they felt ‘under-represented’ in terms of government lobbying
Anne-Marie Trevelyan is the UK's new transport secretary (Credit: parliament.uk)
New transport secretary backs Heathrow third runway plans
Anne-Marie Trevelyan reportedly said she’s an ‘absolute believer’ in the potential benefits of the expansion
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Heathrow poised to lift capacity cap while Truss faces new rebellion
Airport is set to finally remove its daily passenger cap later this month, while prime minister Liz Truss is facing more internal Tory party battles