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Furious locals in Britain's eight Indian variant hotspots have claimed they only found out about the travel ban today as they lamented being forced to cancel long-awaited trips and family reunions at the last minute.
Updated Covid guidance brought in without any warning has urged people not to visit Bolton, Blackburn with Darwen, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside.
It was published by Downing Street on Friday, and asked for 'an extra cautious approach' in areas that have been hit hardest by the Indian variant of Covid-19.
Ministers were today hammered by MPs for imposing 'local lockdowns by the back door', with Labour branding the sudden shift 'upsetting and insulting'.