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 Posted - 23 Mar 2021 : 21:04:08
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Covid: £5,000 fine for people going on holiday abroad
BBC: 23 March 2021 UK
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56493002
A £5,000 fine for anyone in England trying to travel abroad without good reason is due to come into force next week as part of new coronavirus laws.
The penalty is included in legislation that will be voted on by MPs on Thursday.
Foreign holidays are currently not allowed under the "stay at home" rule which ends on Monday.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it was "too early" to set out new foreign travel rules for the summer.
Mr Johnson told a Downing Street news conference he hoped for more information by 5 April.
He said: "A lot of people do want to know about what's going to happen on the holiday front and I know there's a great deal of curiosity and interest."
From next week the ban on leaving the UK will become a specific law, backed up by the threat of a fine.
Under the current plan for easing restrictions, the earliest date people in England could go abroad for a holiday would be 17 May.
It comes as another surge in Covid cases in continental Europe, as well as the slow rollout of vaccines across Europe, casts doubt on the resumption of holidays abroad.
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ICovid: £5,000 fine for people going on holiday
