Johnson says UK is ‘overwhelmingly proceeding as one’ after quarantine confusion

Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended the Government’s quarantine policy (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Boris Johnson has insisted that “overwhelmingly the UK is proceeding as one” after his Transport Secretary admitted there is “confusion” over differing quarantine rules across the union.

Grant Shapps defended the decision not to impose restrictions on people entering England from Greece and Portugal despite Scotland and Wales ordering periods of isolation to slow the spread of coronavirus.