Monarch collapse: government hopes to share £60m repatriation cost

DfT says it is looking at splitting some of cost of returning 110,000 passengers with tour operators and credit card firmsThe government is hoping to reduce the estimated £60m cost to taxpayers of bringing 110,000 Monarch customers back to the UK from overseas by splitting some of the bill with tour operators and credit card companies.Monarch was placed into administration early on Monday, triggering Britain’s biggest peacetime repatriation, which is expected to take about two weeks