A British government minister has urged people to renew their outdated passports “as soon as possible” if they hope to go on holiday this summer as the Passport Office faces a 10-week backlog in processing applications.
With the tourist industry returning to a state of near normality after the lockdown-wrecked summers of 2020 and 2021, there has been an unprecedented number of applications by British citizens who realised their passports were out of date.
