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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Airport passenger misery caused by 'unsustainable and inefficient' Border Force, review finds

Hours-long airport queues piling misery on holidaymakers are a result of the UK's Border Force operating in an "unsustainable and highly inefficient way", a scathing review found.

Plans were today announced to overhaul the service, which an inspector said is "struggling to get out of a cycle of crisis management".

Three hour queues at Heathrow - the UK's biggest airport - are causing issues in other regions as staff are relocated to deal with the crisis, the report said.

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