Government scraps £250m alternative to Operation Stack

Plans for a £250m lorry park off the M20 - pitched by the Government as an alternative to Operation Stack - have been dropped.Former Chancellor George Osborne unveiled the proposal for Stamford West, Kent, during 2015's Autumn Statement after huge disruption that summer due to industrial action by French ferry workers and migrant activity in Calais, which caused delays at the Port of Dover.It meant that Operation Stack - a police initiative which essentially creates 3,000 parking spaces fo