Travellers face 10-week wait for new passports
The maximum time for processing British passport applications has more than tripled due to an expected spike in demand.
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What are the plans for Covid vaccine passports?
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a battle to introduce “vaccine passports” for people to demonstrate their Covid-19 status, here is a look at the plans.
Johnson defends idea of vaccine passports as Starmer voices concerns
A domestic coronavirus “passport” showing whether someone has antibodies or a negative test “will be useful for us as we go forward”, Boris Johnson has suggested.
Sir Keir Starmer suggests British instinct could be against use of vaccine passports
The British instinct could be against using vaccine passports if the coronavirus is brought properly under control, Sir Keir Starmer has suggested.
Hancock: People will be given ability to certify they have been vaccinated
People will need to be provided with the ability to certify that they have had a coronavirus vaccination, Matt Hancock has said.
Vaccine passports ‘would come with data privacy risks’
The head of the UK’s data privacy watchdog has told MPs she can see the benefit of Covid-19 immunity passports, but warned they came with privacy concerns.
Home Office admits it knew passport photo checker had issues with dark skin
An online passport photo checking system was launched by the Home Office despite it being aware that the technology struggled with very light or very dark skin tones, it has emerged.
Passport photo checker falsely flags black man’s lips as open mouth
A young black man hoping to renew his passport online was stunned when the automated photo checker mistook his lips for an open mouth.