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Hundreds of thousands of people impacted by passport delays this year – watchdog

The National Audit Office said longer waits ‘created anxiety for those with travel plans and hampered people’s ability to prove their identity’.

The Independent UK

I need to fly home from the US but can’t get my passport renewed

I’ve been waiting for four months and all HM Passport Office will say is that it has received my old one

The Guardian - UK

Stirling travellers left sweating over summer holidays due to passport delays

Stirling's MP Alyn Smith says he has been inundated by messages from worried constituents who have been hit by delays on the arrival of new passports, with some claiming they missed out on trips as a result of the hold up.

Daily Record

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Dad travels 300 miles in frantic bid to save holiday due to daughter's missing passport

Ian Williams, from Taunton in Somerset, went on a special seven-hour mission mission to Durham to get his hand's on his daughter's passport after it failed to turn up

Daily Mirror

How to get a fast-track passport if you need a one urgently, how long it takes and what it costs

There are two fast-track options for getting a new passport quickly, but you may still need to wait three weeks for an appointment

Chronicle Live

Could passports win a new lease of life?

Exclusive: MPs ask Priti Patel to investigate emergency extensions to expiry dates

The Independent UK

55,000 passport applications delayed beyond 10-week deadline

‘We don’t see our staff very much these days because they’re sitting in queues in the passport unit,’ says Tory MP

The Independent UK

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South Shields mum hits out at passport chaos in race against time to take family ashes to Madeira

Lindsey Figueira fears she may not be able to attend a memorial service in Portugal if her passport doesn't arrive in time

Chronicle Live

Passports: Ministers accused of ‘taking their eye off the ball’ as people wait months

Dozens of Home Office staff diverted to man helpline as MPs enquire about jump in passport delays

The Independent UK

Hebburn Dad's anger after 14 week passport battle leaves him fearing his daughter will miss surprise first holiday

Paul Armstrong applied for three passports at the beginning of April this year

Chronicle Live

'It's a shambles' - Newcastle mum living in France slams HM Passport Office after anxious wait to see if family could get home

Vicky Kirby feared the family would not make it back to Newcastle from France

Chronicle Live

Mum's 'passport nightmare' means she missed £1,400 holiday for dying relative

Rachel Brindle, a customer service manager from Sheldon, Birmingham, was due to travel from Birmingham Airport to Ölüdeniz in Turkey but couldn't because her daughter's passport didn't arrive

Daily Mirror

East Belfast family's holiday cancelled due to passport renewal delays

Roisin has warned other families to be aware of the delays

Belfast Live

Boris Johnson calls for ‘greater protections for airline passengers’

‘The experience of the public has been pretty wretched and they need to do much, much better,’ says Prime Minister

The Independent UK

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Liverpool Echo

Six reasons your passport application could be delayed and rejected

The HM Passport Office currently reports waits of up to 10 weeks for a passport

The Independent UK

Holidays hang in the balance as families wait nearly 15 weeks for passport renewals

Exclusive: ‘I’m so angry, I sent it off in March,’ says mother of two unable to join her partner on trip home to visit ill father

Chronicle Live

'I'm furious' - Cramlington mum who fears she may lose family holiday slams Passport Office

Christine and Jeff Pogson had planned to take their youngest son to Lanzarote on July 7

Daily Mirror

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

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Liverpool Echo

Hundreds camp outside Passport Office in rain as chaos continues

The office has been beset with long queues for a number of weeks

The Independent UK

‘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

Child misses out on family holiday after passport renewal takes 12 weeks and counting

Exclusive: ‘I was, and still am, gutted about him missing his first ever beach holiday,’ says mother of two

The Independent UK

Passports, Bali and jabs: Simon Calder answers your pressing travel questions

Many myths prevail about passport validity rules

Daily Record

Martin Lewis issues passport advice if application delay causes holiday cancellation

The Money Saving Expert founder blamed delays on "systemic failings" in the passport office.

Daily Record

Gran's luxury £3,000 Turkey holiday in jeopardy due to passport delay submitted three months ago

Mary O’Riordan made a passport application in February and is still waiting with days left to fly as passport office swamped.

Daily Mirror

Grandson distraught as passport delays puts £3,000 Turkey jaunt in jeopardy

Mary O'Riordan fears that she will miss going on holiday to Turkey's five-star Mukarnas Spa and Resort with her family due to a lengthy delay in her grandson's passport application

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