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Passport office chaos as holidaymakers bring camp chairs to wait in huge queues

Queues outside Liverpool's Passport Office are so long people have brought camp chairs as they wait in the rain to be seen, while holidaymakers across the country endure airport chaos

Daily Mirror · May 30, 2022

Huge queues see people bringing camping chairs as they wait for new passports

A miserable Monday morning in the rain

Wales Online · May 30, 2022

Britons face more holiday chaos as Tory cuts could see 8,000 fewer passports processed every day

Downing Street’s decision to slash civil service jobs will cause ‘huge delays’ for people accessing service, Angela Rayner warns

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

How to speed up your passport application - 4 easy tips as Brits face 10-week waits

Naveen Dittakavi, founder and CEO of Next Vacay, has shared his best tips to try and speed up applications to the Passport Office, which is struggling to deal with post-lockdown demand

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022

‘Everybody’s getting their passport within four to six weeks’ says Boris Johnson

HM Passport Office is currently advising that travellers leave 10 weeks to receive a new passport - with many holidaymakers reporting longer waiting times

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Family face missing £7,000 holiday with terminally ill gran due to passport wait

Sophie Fleetwood, from Reading, Berkshire, fears she won't be able to go on a TUI holiday to Pegasos Royal in Alanya, Turkey because of lengthy queues at the Passport Office

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022

The Standard View: Crossrail - not a Tube line but a game-changer

If you were unsure as to whether Crossrail had captured Londoners’ imagination, you needed only to witness the joyous scenes both outside and inside Paddington station this morning. Hundreds of people lined up — some since midnight — not to purchase the latest Harry Potter book or get an appointment…

Evening Standard · May 24, 2022

Brit couple face being forced to leave China without baby girl in passport fiasco

Callum and his wife Neelam, who are both teachers, are currently living in Shanghai where they welcomed their baby daughter Isabelle in February.

Daily Record · May 24, 2022

In the Passport Office queue I see distress, despair and the dilapidated state of Britain

Public service cuts are ruining what’s left of the essential services we all use, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

UK travel warning as leaked memo shows passport chaos will get worse this summer

The private memo claims that the Passport Agency's "creaking" IT systems are struggling to cope with the current 500,000 passport backlog and are "not fit for purpose"

Glasgow Live · May 23, 2022