Get in touch tips@mailonline.co.uk AdvertisementSummer holidays are facing another threat with huge delays in processing for millions of passports. According to the Times, MPs have accused the Passport Office of presiding over an 'absolute shambles' with the ten-week target for processing passport applications being routinely breached. The Passport Office claims the backlog was caused by Britons delaying their applications during the pandemic - but MPs claim the issue was entirely 'foreseeable'. They have also shared stories of constituents being lied to about the progress of their applications, among other issues. Immigration minister Foster replied: 'We dealt with a million passport applications last month alone.

Source: The Times April 26, 2022 21:17 UTC