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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Neil Lancefield

Passport e-gates to be made available to children aged eight and nine

The policy would mean up to 1.5 million additional children would be able to use them, the Government suggested (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Archive)

Access to e-gates at UK airports will be expanded to include younger children, the Home Office has announced.

From July 8, children aged eight and nine returning to the UK will be eligible to use e-gates.

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