P&O demands Eurotunnel hands back £33m Brexit ferry settlement

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Further calamity has befallen the UK’s Department for Transport. For newspapers, and satirists, Chris Grayling’s ferry contract is the gift that keeps on giving. After Whitehall gave £33m to Eurotunnel in March after the DfT failed to conduct a proper tender process for cross-Channel ferry services in the event of a no-deal Brexit, P&O wanted a similar payout and now has upped its demands. It wants the £33m given to Eurotunnel returned, claiming it amounted to unlawful state aid.

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