Just 47 per cent of local road miles were rated as being in a good condition, with 36 per cent adequate and 17 per cent poor.

The west London airport has partnered with chef Heston Blumenthal’s The Perfectionists’ Cafe to create the meal, which it has named the Fly Up.

The Treasury told the PA news agency that revenue from vehicle excise duty goes into a general pot of tax receipts.

“If we do nothing, we will have a major transport headache", the Greater Manchester mayor said.

Additional payments following flight disruption were made in relation to around 6,000 cases after 25,000 claims were re-examined.

The train operator apologised after displaying the message to on a presentation slide during an internal meeting with managers.

For six months, Eurostar trains will run empty on the Netherlands route before picking up London-bound travellers in Brussels.

The company, which operates trains on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Glasgow Central, is cutting services across its network.

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the cost of pulling out of the agreements will ‘broadly balance out’ with money recovered from selling land.