Government U-turns on Bolton travel ban advice hours after defending it
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Guidance that warned people not to travel in or out of Bolton other than for essential journeys is being scrapped and rewritten by the government in a screeching U-turn.
At a stormy meeting with Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries earlier today, councils were told the wording - which had appeared on the government’s website on Friday but was not spotted until last night - was to be changed.
It came just a few hours after cabinet minister Therese Coffey appeared on Good Morning Britain and claimed to be 'surprised people think this has come out of the blue', arguing it had merely formalised the general advice to people in Bolton that caution should be
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