The last thing I want is a passport that’s not valid, especially coming up to the summer holidays – but mine and my two children’s passports are currently stuck in my broken safe.
It’s going to cost me £100 plus VAT to prize it open with a locksmith, who thinks the batteries might have gone. By the time I get my hands on them, the cost to renew a UK passport will have risen from £88.50 to £94.50 this week – that’s a seven per cent increase, and a rise of 25 per cent in two years.
