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A miserable Monday morning in the rain

Downing Street’s decision to slash civil service jobs will cause ‘huge delays’ for people accessing service, Angela Rayner warns

Naveen Dittakavi, founder and CEO of Next Vacay, has shared his best tips to try and speed up applications to the Passport Office, which is struggling to deal with post-lockdown demand

HM Passport Office is currently advising that travellers leave 10 weeks to receive a new passport - with many holidaymakers reporting longer waiting times

Sophie Fleetwood, from Reading, Berkshire, fears she won't be able to go on a TUI holiday to Pegasos Royal in Alanya, Turkey because of lengthy queues at the Passport Office

If you were unsure as to whether Crossrail had captured Londoners’ imagination, you needed only to witness the joyous scenes both outside and inside Paddington station this morning. Hundreds of people lined up — some since midnight — not to purchase the latest Harry Potter book or get an appointment…

Callum and his wife Neelam, who are both teachers, are currently living in Shanghai where they welcomed their baby daughter Isabelle in February.

Public service cuts are ruining what’s left of the essential services we all use, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The private memo claims that the Passport Agency's "creaking" IT systems are struggling to cope with the current 500,000 passport backlog and are "not fit for purpose"