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KENT councillors are warning against plans to use a disused airport to park thousands of lorries in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Manston airport, near the village of Minster-in-Thanet, will be used to park more than 6,000 lorries if the M20 motorway becomes gridlocked by vehicles heading for Dover.
Fears were raised after a leaked Department for Transport document warned of potential delays of up to two days for lorries heading to France via Dover if Britain left the European Union without a deal.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
LOTTE COLLETT welcomes the arrival of a new party for the left, a vehicle for councils to finally fight for progressive policies on housing, green spaces and public facilities, rather than administering cuts and misery from central government
Holding office in local government is a poisoned chalice for a party that bases its electoral appeal around issues where it has no power whatsoever, argues NICK WRIGHT
