It was reported by The Times that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) may hand out travel advice independent to the UK’s new traffic light system, and many have remarked on the bedlam that would ensue amongst confused travellers.
“Travel advice is an independent assessment of the risk [to] Brits travelling abroad. It’s independent, trusted advice and will remain so,” a FCDO source is quoted as telling The Times.
ITIJ has also reached out to the FCDO for comment on the matter, asking the regulator to confirm whether the UK traffic light system and FCDO advice would be worked out together or if there was a chance that a ‘green’ country could fall under the FCDO’s ‘essential travel only’ banner.
In response to ITIJ’s enquiry, an FCDO spokesperson quoted a government spokesperson as saying: “The Global Travel Taskforce report sets out how, when the time is right, we will be able to restart international travel safely while managing variants of concern. We will continue to work closely…
