The UK government is still giving out false information about the validity of children’s passports for travel to the EU, 32 months after passport expiry rules changed as a result of Brexit – putting expensive family holidays needlessly at risk.
One family, from Sheffield, was on the brink of cancelling a £5,000 cruise to Spain and Portugal after repeatedly being assured, incorrectly, that the passport belonging to their nine-year-old had expired. After contacting The Independent, their holiday will now go ahead.
