Soldiers, sailors and RAF personnel are being trained in the hope of averting a summer of delays if industrial action goes ahead. The contingency plan is a repeat of that seen in December, when troops were authorised to work alongside civil servants when Border Force staff failed to turn up for work.
TTG understands streamlined training is now under way. This is thought to take as little as five days, compared with the normal three weeks. It does so as at least one union ballots Border Force members on taking action.
