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Another 6,500 cars are expected at the port on Sunday, following two days of gridlock.

Travel chaos is 'the new normal' after Brexit, British tourists are warned

Anger over lack of cash for Dover upgrade as Tory candidates vie to blame France for delaysLong summer queues at the border risk becoming the 'new norma'¯ after Brexit, holidaymakers have been warned, as a fierce diplomatic row erupted with France over the lengthy tailbacks affecting Dover.Both Tory leadership candidates rushed to blame a shortage of French border staff for delays that saw some travellers waiting for hours. Former chancellor Rishi Sunak said the French 'need to stop blaming Brexit and start getting the staff required to match deman'¯. Foreign secretary Liz Truss said she was i...

French insistence on passport stamps causing holiday chaos at Dover [subscription]

Grant Shapps has blamed France for “unacceptable” delays in cross-Channel travel that left thousands of holidaymakers stuck for up to ten hours in squalid conditions on the busiest weekend since before the pandemic.

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  • Queues, cancellations, chaos: what has gone wrong at Heathrow?As the airport asks airlines to turn passengers away, a blame game is being played out between both sidesWhat has gone wrong at Heathrow? The airport that confidently laid out expansion plans and charged its customers a hefty premium has been repeatedly suffering the kind of chaos people pay money to avoid: flight cancellations, long queues, lost baggage mountains and strike threats. Now, at the start of the full summer peak, it has told airlines to turn passengers away.In a week when baking temperatures swept across Britain, few places were feeling the heat more. Heathrowā€™s own posters highli...
  • Travel chaos is 'the new normal' after Brexit, British tourists are warnedAnger over lack of cash for Dover upgrade as Tory candidates vie to blame France for delaysLong summer queues at the border risk becoming the 'new norma'¯ after Brexit, holidaymakers have been warned, as a fierce diplomatic row erupted with France over the lengthy tailbacks affecting Dover.Both Tory leadership candidates rushed to blame a shortage of French border staff for delays that saw some travellers waiting for hours. Former chancellor Rishi Sunak said the French 'need to stop blaming Brexit and start getting the staff required to match deman'¯. Foreign secretary Liz Truss said she was i...

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  • Long overdue: TfL reviews government funding proposal Transport for London (TfL) is currently reviewing a long-term funding proposal put on the table by the Department for Transport (DfT) yesterday. The move comes just a few days before the latest short-term extension from central government was coming to an end.  'I’ve put a long-term settlement on the table to ensure services are supported [...] The post Long overdue: TfL reviews government funding proposal appeared first on CityAM.

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