How the amber watchlist plan caused traffic light system to blow a fuse
Grant Shapps in firing line over complicated border policy that created turmoil for holidaymakers and stoked the backlash among Tory MPs
3 August 2021 • 9:30pm
One government source said that Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, had been pushing the amber watchlist idea
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When Boris Johnson opened his morning newspapers on Monday and read about the travel rules chaos engulfing his administration, it was not hard to follow the breadcrumbs to the source of the controversy.
The critical decision that had sent Tory backbenchers and travel industry leaders into a tailspin had been taken the preceding Wednesday, behind closed doors, by senior ministers.