Boris Johnson faces growing pressure from airlines, holiday firms and his own backbenchers to scrap plans to quarantine people arriving in the UK.
New arrivals will have to stay in quarantine for 14 days under new rules set to take effect next week. But airlines, travel and hospitality companies have warned the plans are “unworkable” and could devastate the travel industry.
A letter now signed by more than 200 travel firms urges Home Secretary Priti Patel to think again. The letter warns: “The very last thing the travel industry needs is a mandatory quarantine imposed on all arriving passengers, which will deter foreign visitors from coming here, deter UK visitors from travelling abroad and, most likely, cause other countries to impose