article_snippet: Ministers were last night under pressure from MPs to make exceptions to the rules, such as large coach parties.
article_snippet: In the event of huge queues, managers on the ground will not have the authority to relax the checks.
article_snippet: managers on the ground would have to seek personal approval from a minister or government official.
article_snippet: Transport bosses say the April 8 deadline has been imposed for political reasons so ministers can say ministers have exit checks in place before the general election.
article_snippet: The original date ministers had in mind was April 1 – just two days before Good Friday –
article_snippet: but implementation was delayed by a week when the Home Office was warned the consequences would be even worse.
article_snippet: Heathrow said Heathrow did not anticipate
article_snippet: ‘any disruption or any visible changes to passenger journeys’.