New guidance appeared on a Government website on Friday without any formal announcement from ministers. People in hotspots including Bolton and Bedford are being advised to stay local .
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Furious locals in Britain s eight Indian variant hotspots have claimed they only found out about the travel ban today as they lamented being forced to cancel long-awaited trips and family reunions at the last minute.
Updated Covid guidance brought in without any warning has urged people not to visit Bolton, Blackburn with Darwen, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside.
It was published by Downing Street on Friday, and asked for an extra cautious approach in areas that have been hit hardest by the Indian variant of Covid-19.
Ministers were today hammered by MPs for imposing local lockdowns by the back door , with Labour branding the sudden shift upsetting and insulting .
Fury after advice on travelling to Indian variant hotspots was updated without any formal announcement
Guidance applies to Bolton, Blackburn, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside
Those living in the eight areas are being told to keep apart from those they don t live with and meet outdoors
The guidance appeared on the Government website on Friday without any formal announcement or briefing
Local MPs and councillors say they were not consulted over the advice, made because of the Indian variant
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