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Story: HMRC wants EU to overturn Med Hotels tax ruling Why, when we are so close to leaving the EU, is HMRC asking the European Court of Justice for help? Our own highest court has told HMRC to take a running jump, so that must be the end of the matter.
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Show mettle, Macron Story: Hundreds of flights cancelled after Marseille air traffic strike Is it time for President Macron to do a Ronald Reagan? In 1981, Reagan fired 11,000 air traffic controllers for refusing to go back to work. These walkouts are helping nobody. It is up to the French government to show some mettle and put an end to travellers’ misery.
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Visas should be two-way
Story: Brits face prospect of £52 visa to enter EU after Brexit Hopefully, all EU citizens will then have to pay to come here. Why would we not make that compulsory?
MARION HANSON BA blundered by cancelling bargain tickets
Story: BA apologises after cancelling bargain tickets to Middle East BA should honour the fares it displayed instead of penalising clients with having to cancel and rebook flight and ground arrangements at additional cost. Another shortsighted PR blunder for BA. SIMON
Actually, if you read the small print, airlines can cancel your tickets outside a specific number of days prior to departure and offer you only a refund and zero compensation. When you make the booking, read the small print. JULIE DREWLS Travel Weekly would welcome a response from BA
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Donna Horner @DonnaHornerTC (Travel Counsellors) I did it! I reached the summit of Vesuvius! #NoLimits #Travel #BucketList #Experiences
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Heathrow growth will hurt regions
Story: Labour ‘to drop support’ for third runway at Heathrow The impact of the third runway on regional airports will be overwhelmingly negative, with over 20,000 fewer international flights by 2030 from Manchester alone, according to the government’s own projections. Approximately 40% of the extra business at Heathrow would otherwise have gone through regional airports – that amounts to something like 17 million extra passenger movements at Heathrow. The impact on surface transport, congestion and air quality in the Heathrow area will be horrendous. Spending the money outside London would generate far more economic activity per pound spent and would help to rebalance the national economy and improve air quality and the overall quality of life in London. PAUL SAWBRIDGE
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