Taxpayers to face £28m bill from two ferry companies if Brexit is delayed

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Taxpayers to face £28m bill from two ferry companies if Brexit is delayed
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Taxpayers will face £28 million bill from ferry companies if Brexit is delayed next week

Taxpayers will face £28 million bill from two ferry companies if Brexit is delayed next week

Leaving with a deal is still our priority, but as a responsible Government it is only right that we push on with contingency measures, that will ensure critical goods such as medicines can continue to enter the UKIt said the firm had already “incurred a series of direct costs and resource commitments” and “the new schedule cannot now be changed, even as an extension to Article 50 seems likely”.

“The Government has always been clear that any extra capacity that is not used, can be sold back to the market.”FUNDING FALLBBC blasted for turning leftie Red Nose Day show into a 'Jeremy Corbyn ad'WAGE WAR4m set for £3k Universal Credit boost - but others plunged into povertyensure that medicines and other vital supplies can continue to reach the UK

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