Covid travel requirement on course to be dropped before Easter after pressure from Conservative MPs

Sajid Javid is expected to back the scrapping of passenger locator forms for all international arrivals in England before Easter, the Guardian has learned.

The health secretary has acquiesced to pressure from the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, and Tory MPs concerned about the requirement, which has remained despite domestic restrictions having been rolled back.

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