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Travel and hospitality bosses today warn the UK faces a second summer write off as uncertainty over when restrictions will end squashes demand for holidays and social venues.
Millions of Britons have already booked trips ahead of the Prime Minister s announcement of the country s plan for easing restrictions on February 22 and Matt Hancock has previously predicted a Great British Summer .
But several government figures are hinting coronavirus restrictions could last well into summer - despite fears it will spell the death knell for businesses across the UK when the furlough scheme ends on April 30.
Mr Hancock indicated today tough border measures - Including ten-day isolation at home for all travellers and hotel quarantine for 33 red list countries - will need to be in place until vaccines have been tweaked to deal with variant strains in the Autumn.