All Covid UK travel rules 'could be scrapped within days' for holidaymakers

All remaining Covid travel restrictions in the UK could be scrapped within days, according to reports.

The UK Government is considering axing passenger locator forms in a welcome boost for the Easter holidays.

In a scheduled meeting next week, ministers are also set to decide whether testing rules for unvaccinated passengers could also be lifted, according to the Daily Mail.

If all remaining rules were scrapped - including the two tests still needed for those who haven’t had the jab - it would mean the return to normality for travel.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps wants to discuss the removal of the passenger locator form as it could be a boost for the tourism industry ahead of the Easter holidays.

The remaining travel restrictions will be discussed in a scheduled committee meeting of “Covid-O” (Covid Operations) cabinet ministers next week, the publication reports.

All remaining Covid travel restrictions in the UK could be scrapped within days (Getty Images)

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said scrapping the passenger locator form is long overdue.

He told the Daily Mail: "It's a shambles. They should ditch it, it's completely irrelevant. Nobody collects them, nobody checks them or follows up on them.

"They were designed to pretend that the politicians were doing something to protect people."

Under current rules, only vaccinated arrivals can enter the UK without having to take a test.

Passenger locator forms must be completed within 72 hours of travel by anyone arriving in the UK, though other countries in Europe including Greece and Belgium have already ditched the requirement.

The requirement for unvaccinated arrivals to self-isolate was dropped last month, but they still need to take a rapid pre-departure within 48 hours of travel and a PCR test on Day Two.

In Scotland, revised plans for tackling Covid will see the end of all legal restrictions in Scotland from 21 March.

The legal requirement to wear a face mask will end - something that has already been scrapped in England.

Physical distancing measures in pubs and shops will also end on March 21, as will the legal requirement to retain customers' contact details.