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Prime Minister threatens Passport Office with privatisation over backlog

Boris Johnson also put the DVLA and other ‘arm’s length’ bodies on notice, a senior Government source said.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson threatens to 'privatise the a**e off' Passport Office in shambolic backlog

The Prime Minister is set to hold crunch talks next week with the agency's chief, in a desperate bid to clear the backlog that has a 10-week average wait.

Daily Mirror

Passport warning amid Home Office 'shambles' that could ruin your summer holiday

The government says people should apply for their new passports long in advance of their expiry as delays clog up the system ahead of the summer holidays

Bristol Post

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Passport warning for holidaymakers travelling abroad this summer

Brits are being asked to check their passports before they travel abroad

Liverpool Echo

Brits warned to renew passports 'ASAP' as 'shambles' set to ruin summer holidays

The Passport Office is suffering chaotic backlogs with a 10-week processing time - so Brits should check their expiry date and renew if necessary 'as soon as possible' to avoid being caught out

Daily Mirror

Permit to cross border into Northern Ireland 'could hit tourism & risk £160m trade'

The pre-travel clearance would be similar to the system where those travelling to the United States fill in a form in advance

Belfast Live

Warning sounded about tourism impact over Irish border crossing permit plans

Non-UK and non-Irish EU citizens would have to apply for pre-travel clearance to cross the border under the UK Government’s plan.

The Independent UK

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Labour blasts Home Office as latest passport 'chaos' derails Easter plans

Labour tonight criticises Home Office ministers over passport “chaos” which has scuppered some families’ Easter holidays. Travel plans have had to be scrapped because of a backlog in applications fuelled by a race to renew documents after coronavir

Daily Mirror

UK politics: fury from unions as pay rises for civil servants capped at 3% – as it happened

Public and Commercial Services Union says offer is in effect a pay cut because of rising inflation and prices

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of lone child refugees still placed in ‘unacceptable’ hotels

Primary school aged children have been placed in unregulated hotels youngsters have disappeared from

The Independent UK

Ukraine refugees trying to get UK visas facing ‘Kafkaesque’ system, MPs told

Shadow home secretary says tens of thousands of desperate people still stuck in system

The Guardian - UK

Salisbury Novichok survivor sickened at UK using attack not to grant Ukrainians visas

Charlie Rowley, whose girlfriend died in the 2018 Novichok horror, was astonished after the Home Secretary and immigration minister Kevin Foster wheeled out the excuse this week

Daily Mirror

Tory MPs line up to condemn Priti Patel over visa shambles for families fleeing Ukraine

One Tory MP suggested the Home Secretary should resign while another compared the Home Office to a snail after just 500 family visas were given out since Friday

Daily Mirror

UK criticised over Ukraine refugee scheme, says 500 visas issued so far

The British government faced heavy criticism from all sides of parliament on Tuesday over its policy towards Ukrainian refugees after Immigration Minister Kevin Foster said Britain had so far issued 500 visas to those fleeing the Russian invasion.

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Daily Mirror

Tory fury as UK blames Salisbury attack threat for issuing just 500 Ukraine visas

Furious Tories lined up to blast the Home Office after just 500 Ukraine Family Scheme visas were issued, with a centre due in Lille in 24 hours - but not Calais. Yet ministers defended the slow progress, saying imposters are already "pretending to be Ukrainian"

The Independent UK

Family visa scheme for Ukrainian refugees extended to include cousins and in-laws

‘Snails also move at a pace’: Home Office blasted for bureaucratic system that has admitted just 500 Ukrainians

The Guardian - UK

Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells UK MPs Ukraine will fight ‘in the forests, in the fields, in the streets’ – as it happened

Ukrainian president summons spirit of Winston Churchill and tells MPs his country ‘will fight to the end in the sea, in the air, whatever the costs’

The Independent UK

Immigration minister refuses to give evidence to MPs on Britain’s response to Ukraine refugee crisis

Kevin Foster being urged to reconsider refusal to answer questions given ‘urgency of the situation’

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Daily Mirror

No10 slaps down immigration minister who said fleeing Ukrainians could pick fruit in UK

Downing Street said it was right for Immigration Minister Kevin Foster to delete a tweet about the Russia-Ukraine war, in which he said people could apply to pick fruit or vegetables in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Truss says officials ‘working through the night’ to draw up sanctions against oligarchs; Kwasi Kwarteng in Commons on economic crime bill

Wales Online

Tory MP criticised for 'suggesting Ukrainians fleeing war can apply to pick fruit and veg in the UK' in deleted tweet

The tweet came from MP Kevin Foster, a migration minister under Priti Patel at the Home Office, but the Government has said since that it's 'simply untrue'

Daily Mirror

Minister says fleeing Ukrainians can apply to pick fruit and veg in UK in deleted tweet

Kevin Foster, a migration minister under Priti Patel at the Home Office, said there were a 'number of routes' for Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion

The Independent UK

Tory MP suggests Ukrainians fleeing Russian invasion should apply for UK’s seasonal work visas

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon criticises now-deleted tweet, saying ‘I hope this is not a Home Office position’

The Independent UK

Devolved ministers join forces to challenge ‘restrictive’ UK immigration policy

Ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have jointly written to UK immigration minister Kevin Foster.

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