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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Second British passports in demand as Home Office insists on 10-week renewal time

Simon Calder

After the home secretary warned travellers that the 10-week processing target for British passports will continue, demand for an additional travel document appears to be increasing.

Suella Braverman told Parliament last week that the government will not reduce the target time – which was extended from three weeks to 10 two years ago, during the Covid pandemic.

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