🇬🇧 United Kingdom · 2019 · 🙈 Never used
Emergency ferry contracts for a no-deal Brexit. One went to a company that had no ships. Then came the lawsuit.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
£33 million legal settlement
The ferries never sailed. The legal bill did.
What actually happened
In 2019 the Department for Transport agreed an out-of-court settlement of £33 million with Eurotunnel, which had challenged how the no-deal ferry contracts were awarded. The National Audit Office reviewed the deal.
Source: National Audit Office ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.