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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Dover port chief contradicts Brexiteer MPs who blamed France for coach delays

Simon Calder

The boss of the Port of Dover has contradicted claims by senior Tory MPs that French frontier officials were responsible for border hold-ups at the start of the Easter school holidays.

Doug Bannister, chief executive of the UK’s main departure point for continental Europe, said the Police aux Frontieres had been “very, very good” at responding to the build-up of traffic last weekend.

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