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Grant Shapps said the current system where return journeys within the UK could face a higher levy than trips abroad was 'bizarre'.

Shapps hints foreign flight costs could rise to cut levy on UK trips James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Grant Shapps today hailed plans to cut Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights - but hinted that foreign travel costs might have to rise as a result. The Transport Secretary said the current system where return journeys within the UK could face a higher levy than trips abroad was 'bizarre'. In a round of broadcast interviews, he insisted the proposed overhaul would make sure people were not 'penalised' when traveling ...

Boris Johnson's plan to build a bridge or a tunnel connecting Northern Ireland and Scotland has been slammed by critics as a 'fantasy'.  The Prime Minister has launched an official review to look at how to improve Union transport connectivity, with a fixed Irish Sea link the headline proposal.  The PM has allocated £20million to develop plans for upgraded rail, road, sea and air links across the UK.  But his political opponents have suggested that pursuing the 'vanity project' bridge or tunnel is a waste of money and that the cash should be spent on improving existing creaking infrastruct...

Plans involve not one, but three tunnels under the Irish Sea connecting in an “underground roundabout” beneath the Isle of Man. According to The Times,

Johnson has already ordered a feasibility study into a 25-mile crossing between Larne in Ireland and Stanraer in Scotland, with Network Rail chair Peter