Transport secretary admits problems at border controls
The Secretary of State for Transport has admitted the current queuing problems at passport control at Heathrow and other UK airports is "a problem that needs to be fixed".
Justine Greening MP made the comments to members of the travel industry at ABTA’s Travel Matters earlier this week as a damning report was released about staffing problems at UK border controls (see previous story).
The Minister said she believed extra resources introduced recently at Heathrow had led to improvements, but she declined to give details.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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