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Covid cycle lanes HAVE been chaos: Grant Shapps admits new routes brought in during pandemic have caused traffic jams and hit 999 calls Grant Shapps criticised councils causing gridlock with badly designed schemes He blamed the London Mayor Sadiq Khan for some of worst cycle lanes Department for Transport will spend £2billion on cycle lanes … Read more
Quarantine for UK arrivals could be scrapped altogether early in the New Year, Grant Shapps said today – as he announced that the self-isolation period will be slashed to five days next month. From December 15 travellers will be able to pay around £120 for a private Covid test in order to reduce their time … Read more
Grant Shapps adds most of Greece to the quarantine ‘red list’ and extends Denmark travel ban amid fears over mutated Covid virus from mink – but lifts restrictions on Chile, Iceland and UAE International travel is restricted during the England-wide coronavirus lockdown But Government is sticking with travel corridors policy to stop importing cases Grant … Read more
Grant Shapps has hit out at ‘unused’ cycle lanes clogging up traffic – blaming some town halls for misusing special funds for ‘green’ transport. The Transport Secretary declared he was ‘not prepared to tolerate’ badly designed road closures that led to traffic being ‘backed up’. He also vented his fury at new cycle lanes that … Read more
Holidays to Italy are OFF as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps adds yet another country to England’s travel quarantine ‘red list’ despite it having a lower coronavirus rate than the UK – but trips to Crete are now allowed again Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced Italy being added to ‘red list’ Anyone returning to England … Read more
UK arrivals could complete self-isolate before coming to Britain or undergo a shortened quarantine and then be released if they pass a Covid test under plans being examined to try to spark life back into international travel. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, said tonight that a ‘Global Travel Taskforce’ would build … Read more
Grant Shapps today announced that seven Greek islands are being stripped of quarantine exempt status amid fears over a spike in coronavirus cases. The Transport Secretary revealed that Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini and Zakynthos are being added to the ‘red’ list as of 4am on Wednesday. However, Mr Shapps told the Commons that he … Read more
Aviation bosses last night accused ministers of ‘completely disengaging’ from the industry over airport coronavirus tests. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has not held an official meeting with Heathrow airport in recent weeks despite mounting evidence of an industry in crisis. Derek Provan, the boss of Southampton, Aberdeen and Glasgow airports, said: ‘We are isolated as … Read more
Wales has hit back at Grant Shapps in the quarantine list row as its furious health minister claimed there was ‘very clear advice’ to add Portugal after devolved nations were accused of ‘jumping the gun’. Vaughan Gething also said there had been a ‘rising tide of infections’ coming from the Greek islands and insisted the … Read more
Grant Shapps admitted the government’s coronavirus quarantine rules cause ‘confusion’ today after England kept Portugal on the safe list – despite Scotland and Wales imposing curbs. Amid rising anger from bewildered holidaymakers that the system amounts to ‘roulette’, the Transport Secretary conceded that starkly different approaches within the UK were a problem. But he insisted … Read more