Jet2 cancels all flights and holidays to Cyprus until August 17 due to ‘prohibitive entry restrictions’ The tour operator had been due to restart holidays to Cyprus on August 1 But it says it had ‘no choice’ other than to suspend trips up until August 17 Britons can enter Cyprus from Saturday but must prove … Read more
Lloyds Banking Group slumped to a pre-tax loss of £602million in the first half of the year, warning investors that the impact of the pandemic was more ‘profound’ and ‘much larger’ than it expected. The lender has set aside £3.8billion for a spate of bad debts expected once furloughing ends, more mass job cuts emerge … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of customers of Barclays and Santander have taken payment holidays on credit cards, personal loans and mortgages, the banks revealed in results today. At the same time, official figures from the Bank of England show households have cleared billions of pounds of debt over the last few months. Britain’s third-largest mortgage lender … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of customers of Barclays and Santander have taken payment holidays on credit cards, personal loans and mortgages, the banks revealed in results today. At the same time, official figures from the Bank of England show households have cleared billions of pounds of debt over the last few months. Britain’s third-largest mortgage lender … Read more
Ministers today warned there is ‘no silver bullet’ to save summer holidays abroad amid claims that Belgium, Luxembourg and Croatia could soon be added to the UK’s travel quarantine list. Boris Johnson is believed to be worried that a second spike in infections in the UK could start within a fortnight after he warned of a … Read more
Britain’s cottages, hotels and holiday sites are seeing a rush in bookings as people give up on travelling abroad amid quarantine fears and opt for a staycation instead. Families are booking up dates for UK holidays in 2021 despite the cost of some stays going up by 50 per cent as operators try to recoup … Read more
Teachers are warned DON’T travel abroad at the end of the summer holidays or face losing pay if they are put into quarantine during term time School staff are unable to work from home and could face taking unpaid leave The UK has removed Spain from its list of safe countries after second wave fears … Read more
Ministers are poised to slash quarantine to 10 days to salvage summer getaways for millions of families whose holidays were hanging in the balance last night. In a huge blow to the tourism industry both at home and abroad, the government extended travel restrictions to the Spanish islands and warned that other holiday destinations could … Read more
Dominic Raab warned that more summer holidays abroad could be ruined today as he said he could not guarantee more countries would not be slapped with quarantine rules. He spoke out after holidaymakers already in Spain were told they would now have to spend 14 days in isolation on their return after air bridge rules … Read more
Boris Johnson wants to clear Backlog Britain by the end of September. Good luck with that. He hasn’t a hope in hell’s chance of persuading feather-bedded civil servants back to their desks any time soon. Why would they, when MPs have just knocked off for six weeks’ summer holiday? If the Government was serious about … Read more