Originally Posted by
KenJohn
I suspect it is more to do with immigration staff and potential government cost cutting/unions work to rule; not T5 design or BAA for once - I am not a lover of BAA but I do not think they are the issue here. BAA do not, as far as I a aware, have anything to do with immigration staffing levels
It's simply the government cuts. UKBA have had a recruitment freeze for several years now and their budget is in the process of being cut by 20% over four years. Unsurprisingly this has had a somewhat negative effect on immigration efficient at the world's busiest international airport and the recent fuss over passport checks being relaxed is the upshot of being continuously being asked to do more and more with less and less. Expect some really big whopping scandals to emerge sooner rather than later in regards to corner cutting.