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The Global Travel Taskforce is an advisory body of the government of the United Kingdom.Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps announced the formation of the group on 7 October 2020 as a cross-government response to an identified need to enable the safe and sustainable recovery of international travel and to introduce a COVID-19 testing system for travellers visiting the UK. [1]
The UK government has revised its travel guidance for Bangladesh, cautioning that “terrorists are likely to try to carry out attacks” in the South Asian nation.. Issued by the Foreign ...
A travel warning, travel alert, or travel advisory is an official warning statement issued by government agencies to provide information about the relative safety of travelling to or visiting one or more specific foreign countries or destinations. [1]
The UK government had developed a pandemic response plan in previous years. In response to the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in January 2020, the UK introduced advice for travellers coming from affected countries in late January and February 2020, and began contact tracing, although this was later abandoned. [1]
A Special Adviser, [1] also known as a SpAd, [2] [3] is a temporary civil servant who advises and assists UK government ministers [4] or ministers in the Scottish and Welsh devolved governments. [5] They differ from impartial civil servants in that they are political appointees.
Britons wanting to travel home after the New Year have been warned to expect disruption, as snow and icy weather grips the UK and temperatures plunge as low as -8C. The country will be welcoming ...
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/568) were introduced by way of a statutory instrument made by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, using emergency powers available to him under sections 45B, 45F(2) and 45P(2) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984. [1]
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was a furlough scheme announced by Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 20 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [1] The scheme was announced as providing grants to employers to pay 80% of a staff wage and employment costs each month, up to a total of £2,500 per ...