Shapps: ‘Kent travel disruption not due to Brexit’

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has blamed P&O Ferries over the recent travel disruption in Kent amid claims Brexit is causing a backlog of drivers and hauliers.

Giving evidence to the transport committee, Ben Bradshaw asked Shapps why Kent had been turned into “a massive car park”.

The transport secretary replied: “P&O took out a third of the cross ferry capacity with their stupidity.

“I was looking at the figures back in 2019 for example, and seeing some very lengthy delays which clearly could not have been to do with Brexit or anything else.”