DfTs Brexit ferry bill mounts

The DfT has paid £50m to ferry companies Brittany Ferries and DFDS for cancelling their contracts to provide additional ferry services for a no-deal Brexit scenario (LTT 15 Feb). The payment comes on top of the £33m the DfT has agreed to pay Eurotunnel over three years after the Channel Tunnel operator complained that the emergency ferry contracts (LTT 15 Mar). Ferry operator P&O has now launched a legal challenge against the Government’s award of cash to Eurotunnel. P&