Grant Shapps

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Grant Shapps Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary. (Credit: Parliament)

Government change receipt rules on £200 Alternative Fuel Payment

Energy secretary Grant Shapps is set to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Energy secretary Grant Shapps to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Royal Mail threat to increase first class stamps price to more than £1

Octopus Energy announces Bulb takeover: Everything you need to know

Grant Shapps is the new home secretary. Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images.

Who is new home secretary Grant Shapps?

Plans for radical MOT change opposed by most drivers

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Bus fares across England to be capped at £2 for three months

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly refused to resign despite being pushed to do so by Cabinet colleagues.

Boris Johnson refuses to resign despite calls to quit from Cabinet

‘Shambolic’ passport delays threaten millions of summer holidays, ministers warn

Train tickets are set to be slashed by as much as half as the Government looks to address cost-of-living pressures. Picture: Lauren Hurley/PA Wire.

Half-price sale on rail fares announced

Proposed government reforms will save airlines thousands of pounds (Photo: Getty Images)

Payouts for cancelled or delayed flights to be cut to £57 under shake-up

New mobile phone driving law tightens rules for all UK motorists

Travellers at Gatwick Airport on July 30, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Major changes to UK Covid travel rules come into effect

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 28: A covid testing centre sign at Heathrow Terminal 5 on November 28, 2021 in London, England. Following the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant, whose mutations suggest greater transmissibility than previous virus strains, the United Kingdom imposed new restrictions on arriving travelers. From 04:00 today, people arriving from South Africa, Botswana, Lesostho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibi, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Angola will face mandatory hotel quarantine. From Tuesday, all international travelers must isolate until they return a negative PCR test, which must be taken by Day 2. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

All UK Covid travel restrictions to be removed ahead of Easter
The Transport Secretary has announced that all remaining restrictions on international travel for all passengers will be removed ahead of the Easter Holidays.

Covid passenger locator forms are expected to be axed before Easter (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Complicated’ Covid travel requirement set to change ahead of Easter

Jill Mortimer MP has written to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps about rail services in Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Hartlepool MP lobbies Minister over town rail issues

Travel rules have relaxed for UK arrivals from 11 February (Photo: Getty Images)

Major changes to Covid travel rules from today as testing is scrapped

Passengers would be entitled to compensation in the event of a delayed domestic flight (Photo: Getty Images)

More passengers to get payouts for delayed domestic flights under new plans

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed all Covid testing travel requirements will be scrapped.

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Scrapping of covid testing for vaccinated travellers arriving in UK confirmed

The Transport Secretary is expected to scrap the arrival tests later this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid arrival tests ‘to be axed’ for fully vaccinated returning to UK

New smart motorways roll-out halted amid safety concerns

A woman wearing a protective mask walks her dog on the Esplanade du Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in March 2020 (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France travel: UK traveller restrictions to be tightened - what are the new rule...

New motoring law to close dangerous mobile phone loophole

The scene near Fisherton Tunnel between Andover and Salisbury where a train heading to Bristol crashed

Two trains collide with 100 people rescued from tunnel and driver taken to hospi...

Britain’s Covid pass now valid for travel across EU - what it means for you

Rule change comes into force for travellers to use lateral flow tests instead of...

Government to bypass Commons approval to speed up HGV licence changes

From left, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen, Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer and HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson at the new Strabag HS2 site.

'Hartlepool has a bright future ahead of it once again' - says Grant Shapps

Forty-seven countries have been taking off the red list including (from top left, clockwise) Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand and South Africa (Shutterstock)

These are the countries affected by new UK travel rules which have come into for...

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped

Boris Johnson reassures drivers petrol shortage ‘stabilising’ - but could last u...

New number plate laws come into force - what you need to know

Army tanker drivers 'stand ready' to deliver fuel amid supply crisis

Drivers have been queuing at petrol stations amid fears of fuel shortages (Photo: Getty Images)

UK suspends competition law to tackle petrol shortages driven by panic-buying

Marcus Rashford has warned that ending the uplift will see millions of people lose a “lifeline” (Photo: Getty Images)

Marcus Rashford makes plea to MPs to keep Universal Credit uplift ‘lifeline’

Cars queue for fuel at a BP petrol station in Bracknell, Berkshire, on Sunday, September 26.

'There is plenty of fuel in this country but it is in the wrong place'

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) will also provide examiners for lorry driving tests (Photo: Getty Images)

10,500 foreign workers to get temporary visas to save Christmas from shortages

Shoppers and motorists have been urged not to panic buy fuel (Getty Images)

Motorists told not to panic buy as ‘handful’ of petrol stations are closed

How the DVLA digital licence app could look

Digital driving licences to be introduced by 2024

Take a look at these 11 holiday destinations.

11 destinations you can fly to from Newcastle Airport during half-term holidays

Holiday bookings are expected to soar after the Government announced a relaxation of international travel rules (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Holiday bookings set to soar after government announces relaxation of internatio...

Amber list scrapped as Grant Shapps eases international travel rules - here's wh...

The travel changes are expected to come into force ahead of the October half-term break (Photo: Getty Images)

Overhaul of Covid travel rules expected today with double jabbed set to benefit

Countries have been categorised as green, amber or red based on their Covid-19 risk (Photo: Getty Images)

Expected time of travel update today on red, green and amber list changes

Highway Code changes bring two new rules and 33 updates from this week

HGV driving tests streamlined to tackle shortage of lorry drivers

The Caribbean islands of Anguilla, Antigua, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos are expected to turn amber this week (Photo: Shutterstock)

The green, amber and red list countries tipped to change in travel update this w...

Mayor Houchen at Teesside Airport with an aircraft support tug

Teesside Airport announced as UK's first pilot area for hydrogen vehicles

The Government has updated the traffic light system and says it makes it simpler for people to take a foreign holiday.

What destinations are on the red, amber and green list for travel

Almost 70,000 hospital admissions prevented by vaccine rollout

Almost 70,000 hospital admissions prevented by vaccine rollout

The changes will affect where and when pedestrians have priority over cars

The new Highway Code changes that will affect every driver

Countries on the amber watchlist will be at risk of moving from amber status to red (Photo: Getty Images)

Rules for amber watchlist as government faces backlash over proposed new travel ...