The transport secretary admitted today that Britain’s travel policy was “confusing” after England diverged from Scotland and Wales by opting not to introduce new restrictions on Portugal.
In a surprise move, Westminster confirmed that the country would not be removed from England’s list of quarantine-free destinations even though Covid-19 cases there have risen sharply over the past week. Portugal has recorded 23 cases per 100,000 in a seven-day period, above the usual threshold of 20 for quarantine to be imposed.
Mr Shapps told Times Radio: “We have devolved administrations that make their own laws and their own regulations and they are working in different ways, in the same way as during the whole lockdown, of course.
“That has caused the rules to, in some places,
