PM appears to back away from idea of tougher Covid rules for people returning from popular destinations

Boris Johnson has hinted that plans for tougher travel restrictions on popular holiday destinations could be ditched, as he said he wanted a simple approach to quarantining on return from abroad.

The prime minister has been under pressure from cabinet ministers and the travel industry to simplify the rules, after it was rumoured that a new category of “amber watchlist” could be created in England to warn travellers that a destination was on the brink of being put on the “red list”.

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