Grant Shapps hints at expansion of holiday ‘green list’ within WEEKS

Grant Shapps today held out the prospect of expending the ‘green list’ within weeks amid calls for France, Spain, Italy and Greece to be added. The Transport Secretary defended the traffic light system despite fury that it has caused confusion and chaos among travellers. He urged people to be ‘patient’ rather than booking trips to … Read more

Grant Shapps hints at expansion of holiday ‘green list’ within WEEKS

Grant Shapps today held out the prospect of expending the ‘green list’ within weeks amid calls for France, Spain, Italy and Greece to be added. The Transport Secretary defended the traffic light system despite fury that it has caused confusion and chaos among travellers. He urged people to be ‘patient’ rather than booking trips to … Read more

Grant Shapps says rail overhaul WON’T ‘instantly’ reduce ticket prices

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today admitted there would be ‘no instant changes’ to the price of train tickets as the biggest overhaul of Britain’s railways since privatisation almost three decades ago begins. Rail union leaders and politicians today attacked plans to reform the system, accusing the Government of merely ‘papering over the cracks’, while Labour … Read more

Grant Shapps says rail overhaul WON’T ‘instantly’ reduce ticket prices

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today admitted there would be ‘no instant changes’ to the price of train tickets as the biggest overhaul of Britain’s railways since privatisation almost three decades ago begins. Rail union leaders and politicians today attacked plans to reform the system, accusing the Government of merely ‘papering over the cracks’, while Labour … Read more

Shapps predicts Britain will be largest economy in Europe

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps predicting Britain will overtake Germany to become largest economy in Europe by 2050 By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 1 May 2021 Britain will overtake Germany to become the largest economy in Europe by 2050, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is … Read more

Grant Shapps orders firms to slash cost of foreign travel testing

Grant Shapps has ordered ‘profiteering’ private testing companies to slash the cost of laboratory-based PCR checks to make international travel more affordable as he said people can now ‘start to think’ about booking a summer holiday abroad.  The Transport Secretary today set out more details of the Government’s new traffic light scheme which will see … Read more

Grant Shapps orders firms to slash cost of foreign travel testing

Grant Shapps has ordered ‘profiteering’ private testing companies to slash the cost of laboratory-based PCR checks to make international travel more affordable as he said people can now ‘start to think’ about booking a summer holiday abroad.  The Transport Secretary today set out more details of the Government’s new traffic light scheme which will see … Read more

Piers Morgan quits GMB: Grant Shapps says he will ‘miss’ host after Meghan Markle row

Grant Shapps says he will ‘miss’ Piers Morgan but dodges questions over Harry and Meghan as he insists mental health is ‘very important indeed’ Grant Shapps said ‘I will miss him’ when asked about Piers Morgan leaving GMB But Transport Secretary dodged questions over the Harry and Meghan interview Cited ‘long-standing’ convention that ministers do … Read more

Shapps hints costs of foreign flights could rise to cut levy on domestic trips

Grant Shapps today hailed plans to cut Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights – but hinted that foreign travel costs might have to rise as a result. The Transport Secretary said the current system where return journeys within the UK could face a higher levy than trips abroad was ‘bizarre’. In a round of broadcast … Read more

Son of woman who was killed on a smart motorway pens letter to Grant Shapps asking to scrap scheme 

Son of woman who was killed on a smart motorway pens letter to Grant Shapps pleading with him to scrap the ‘death trap’ scheme The fiery letter says Grant Shapps will be held responsible for future deaths Niaz Shazad’s mother died on the M1 in 2018 after she was struck by a lorry The letter … Read more