Pair fined £10k each for evading hotel quarantine by returning indirectly to the UK while also avoiding arriving at one of the airports designated for ‘red list’ arrivals
Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed on Tuesday an extension to the furlough scheme would feature in chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech on Wednesday
‘A year ago, the chancellor promised to do “whatever it takes” to support people and businesses; for many in the travel industry, this promise feels unfulfilled,’ says Abta’s Luke Petherbridge
Abta is also again calling in the Budget for tailored financial support for the sector and those ‘entirely excluded from existing grants support packages’
‘We remain a solvent company – however, the future seems so much less bright now than it did at the start of 2020,’ said managing director Suzel Taber-Shaw
Yvette Cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee, reiterated home secretary Priti Patel’s comments that it was ‘too soon’ for people to be booking
