Passport Office
Passport Office workers across UK to strike for five weeks over pay
Members of PCS union to take part in action from early April likely to have ‘significant impact’ on delivery times
Jamie Grierson
17, Mar, 2023 @6:29 PM
No 10 refuses to give details of how £4bn pay deal for health workers will be funded – as it happened
Downing Street reveals cost of improved pay offer for nurses and paramedics but will not say where the money will come from
Andrew Sparrow
17, Mar, 2023 @5:08 PM
Liz Truss says it is ‘unfair’ to blame her mini-budget for interest rate hike and rules out being PM again – as it happened
UK’s shortest-serving prime minister says she ‘learned a lot’ from time in government but does not want top job again
Andrew Sparrow
06, Feb, 2023 @6:02 PM
Tory failures blamed as Passport Office pays out record sums for delays
Documents show ministers knew of problems with office before it was overwhelmed by post-Covid surge
Shanti Das
01, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM
British student stranded in Kenya for three months waiting for passport
Officials have refused to issue emergency documents to Michael Omidire, 21, who travelled to country on a Ghanaian passport
Amelia Gentleman
22, Dec, 2022 @7:00 AM
I need to fly home from the US but can’t get my passport renewed
I’ve been waiting for four months and all HM Passport Office will say is that it has received my old one
Anna Tims
24, Aug, 2022 @6:00 AM
Ministers knew about UK passport helpline firm’s poor performance a year ago
French multinational was missing targets for calls and emails as far back as May 2021, documents show
Shanti Das
24, Jul, 2022 @7:15 AM
More than 50,000 passport applications past 10-week wait, MPs told
Director apologises for delays and says 550,000 applications were in the system at end of June
Zoe Wood
20, Jul, 2022 @2:50 PM
UK passport delays: ‘We drove 377 miles to join the queue in Glasgow’
Processing delays and high demand leave people in UK going to great lengths to salvage holidays
Zoe Wood
09, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM
I’m desperate after being without a UK passport for 12 weeks
As an interpreter the delay means I cannot work abroad
Zoe Wood
28, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM
Passport Office charged £588 – but we got nothing as a result
We tried to book face-to-face appointments which were all ‘gone’ … but it still took four payments
Zoe Wood
14, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM
UK travel chaos: tips on what to do, from flight cancellations to passports
A preflight checklist of dos and don’ts to help your summer holiday go smoothly
Hilary Osborne and Rupert Jones
03, Jun, 2022 @1:25 PM
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