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19.03.2022 - 02:29 / ok.co.uk
Britons heading abroad will no longer have to worry about many of the travel rules and regulations, as a number of rules have now been scrapped for UK travellers. Up until now, there were multiple different procedures in place for those wishing to fly to a different country, including mandatory covid tests, and various different forms.
Earlier this week, transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed that the government were planning to scrap all remaining covid travel measures, and wrote on Twitter: "These changes are possible due to our vaccine rollout and mean greater freedom in time for Easter." As of 4am on Friday 18 March, the travel rules have been scrapped. Here we take a look into what that means for UK travellers...
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The form was exceptionally time-consuming for many passengers, who had to provide a number of different personal details including travel arrangements, address, and vaccination status. This has now been scrapped, meaning any travellers, regardless of their vaccination status, no long have to complete a PLF before they arrive in the UK.
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The UK will remove the last remaining Covid travel requirements from this Friday, in a move that has been welcomed by the travel industry.
All of the UK's remaining Covid travel measures including passenger locator forms will be scrapped on Friday, the transport secretary has said.