Families were warned not to book summer holidays amid renewed questions about the coronavirus lockdown. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps admitted he personally would not commit to a break as the Covid-19 shutdown continues. “On the travel advice – should you book your holidays? – clearly people will want to see what the trajectory of this disease is in the next few weeks,” he told the BBC. “I won't be booking a summer holiday at this point, let's put it that way.” The Association of British Travel Agents blasted Mr Shapps' intervention.
A spokesman said: “It was a thoughtless comment and not based on any facts about what we know today about the future of the pandemic, but it shows complete disregard for the UK travel industry, the hundreds