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'Government and airlines are both responsible for travel chaos Brits are facing'

Rather than take responsibility, the airlines and the Government have blamed each other for the situation. The truth is both are at fault and Brits are facing the consequences

Daily Mirror

Rail strike June 2022 explained: Why workers are striking and which lines are hit?

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25, coinciding with a further Tube strike

Daily Mirror

Airport travel chaos to hit summer holidays and could last for 18 months

The disruptions are expected to get worse as thousands of British Airways workers were balloted for industrial action after it was claimed that a 10% pay cut imposed during the pandemic has still not been reinstated

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'Grant Shapps should do something to sort travel chaos - holidaymakers deserve better'

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps should focus on his day job of keeping Britain moving, not forever wasting time trying to save a Boris Johnson who doesn’t deserve it

Daily Mirror

Airport travel chaos will hit family summer holidays - and could last 18 months

EasyJet cancelled 60 services to and from the UK, Wizz Air scrapped seven flights and British Airways cancelled 124 Heathrow flights, although the airline said affected passengers were given advance notice

Daily Mirror

Is Brexit causing the flight cancellation crisis?

‘Brexit is enabling us to improve the experience of UK air travellers,’ says British government

The Independent UK

Why have flights been cancelled and will problem be fixed by summer?

Britons flying to and from holidays were affected last week, along with easyJet passengers on Monday

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EasyJet cancellations continue as around 30 flights to be grounded every day

Exclusive: Budget airline blames ‘challenging operating environment’ for grounding Tuesday flights from Gatwick to Malaga and Valencia

The Independent UK

Holidaymakers ‘acting like toddlers’ in airport as pupils stuck overseas during exams

Hundreds of flights were axed by airlines during the four-day bank holiday weekend, with many Brits now stuck overseas.

Daily Record

Brits 'acting like toddlers' in airport chaos as pupils stuck overseas just before GCSEs

Hundreds of flights were cancelled during the four-day bank holiday weekend, and many Brits are now struggling to get back home including stressed students who have exams this week

Daily Mirror

Rail strike: When will it start and which train lines will be affected?

In the event of a strike by Network Rail signallers, only about 20% of lines would be open for trains – many of which might not run anyway

The Independent UK

More Easyjet flights cancelled as half term chaos continues

The latest cancellations come with thousands of travellers still stranded abroad

Evening Standard

EasyJet cancels more flights on Sunday as travel mayhem continues for thousands

The airline apologised for half-term and bank holiday disruption caused to customers

Manchester Evening News

Boris Johnson will ‘face down’ Tory confidence test, minister predicts

Business minister Paul Scully said a leadership poll ‘may well happen’, but backed the Prime Minister to win.

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Wales Online

Minister says Boris Johnson could face vote of no confidence

Paul Scully believes the Prime Minister would win a vote of no confidence

Evening Standard

‘Give families automatic refunds for cancelled holidays’, says Grant Shapps

Holidaymakers should get automatic refunds for cancelled foreign holidays like they do for delayed domestic trains, Grant Shapps said on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Secret rebellion by disgruntled ministers could bring Boris Johnson down, Tory critics believe

Ballot on PM’s future could be held as early as Tuesday if threshold of 54 no-confidence letters is passed

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of Britons stuck at airports as easyJet cancels another 80 flights

More holidaymakers caught up in travel chaos as nearly 200 flights are cancelled, Eurostar trains are delayed and roads clog up

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Evening Standard

Easyjet cancels more than 80 flights as travel chaos continues

The budget airline said the flights were axed ‘due to the ongoing operating environment’

Wales Online

80 flights cancelled by easyJet on Sunday as travel woes continue for thousands

Airline apologises for half-term and bank holiday disruption

The Guardian - UK

Don’t ‘over-interpret’ Boris Johnson being booed, says Grant Shapps

Minister says government shouldn’t be distracted by clips such as that of PM arriving at jubilee service

The Independent UK

Shapps says he does not believe Johnson will face confidence vote this week

The Transport Secretary also dismissed people booing the Prime Minister, saying ‘politicians don’t expect to be popular all the time’.

Daily Mirror

Families stranded abroad after flights axed as minister refuses call to send in Army

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said deploying the military was not 'the snap solution to every problem' and said the travel industry needs to 'sort it out'

The Guardian - UK

People should get automatic refunds for cancelled holidays, says Grant Shapps

Transport secretary says he wants scheme similar to delay repay, as he rules out sending in army amid half-term travel chaos

The National (Scotland)

Grant Shapps downplays booing for Boris Johnson: 'There were also people cheering'

TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps has downplayed the booing received by Boris Johnson during Jubilee celebrations, arguing there were "also…

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