Travel traffic light system defended as 'simplified system'
The Transport Secretary has defended the Government's traffic light system for travel as a "simplified system" which will allow people to "enjoy their holidays".
Grant Shapps told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We have certainly lived with coronavirus long enough to know that it can be unpredictable; however, we have also lived with it long enough to get the majority of the population vaccinated, other countries are doing the same thing.
"That does mean that this summer we are able to set out a three-week programme rather than a one-week programme which was the situation last year.