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The Government comments came after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he had no plans to book a summer holiday
Downing Street has suggested summer holidays should not be booked yet as there is no certainty of when the coronavirus lockdown will be lifted and travel can resume. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman was asked during a Westminster briefing about Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ comments – branded ‘thoughtless’ by one travel industry boss – that he had no plans to book a vacation because of the pandemic., we are not able to say with certainty the point at which the social distancing measures can be relaxed and in terms of travelling within the United Kingdom for holidays, that is not something which the current social distancing guidelines allow for.
The Cabinet minister said consumers will ‘want to see what the trajectory of this disease is in the next few weeks’.
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