This week's rise in Air Passenger Duty (APD) airport departure tax will make family holidays "unaffordable for many", Sir Richard Branson's airline Virgin Atlantic warned.
Victims of the Crown Currency Exchange collapse who ordered money shortly before the company's demise have been given a glimmer of hope of getting their cash back.
The Government has ruled out tightening the regulation of currency firms despite the failure of Crown Currency Exchange, which has left 13,000 consumers fearing for millions of pounds of missing cash.
The US government's official site to apply for a compulsory travel permit has been severely struggling this morning in the final few hours before a $14 per person charge is introduced.