Identity and Passport Service

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• Post Office wins passport contract

  Friday 1st February 2008
  Post Office Ltd has retained the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) contract to provide the passport Check & Send service...

• Unofficial passport websites fined by regulator

  Wednesday 30th January 2008
  Various private websites have appeared offering ‘passport advice’ to the public. The problem for the public is that these websites have been asking customers to call an 0871 number – which then transfers to an 0906 number – at a premium rate of £1.50 per minute..

• Identity & Passport service Christmas and New Year opening arrangements 2007/2008

  Tuesday 11th December 2007
  All passport offices and interview offices will be closed on the following days...

• Passport rules for young people overhauled

  Monday 10th December 2007
  From 10 December 2007 the biggest changes in policy to child passport applications, since 1998, take effect.

• Royal Mail Strike Action

  Monday 1st October 2007
  Royal Mail has advised that further industrial action has been announced by the Communications Workers’ Union. This action will be in the form of two 48 hour stoppages on 5 and 6, and 8 and 9 October...

• Reminder about the increase in the passport fee

  Tuesday 11th September 2007
  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) increased all its consular fees including passport fees and the consular premium, in April 2007 by £6 for adults...

• Royal Mail Strike Action

  Tuesday 21st August 2007
  The national Royal Mail Group industrial action has been suspended pending ongoing talks between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union. IPS has been assured that backlogs within Royal Mail have been cleared and all services are therefore back to normal...

• Industrial Action within Royal Mail and Post Office Ltd

  Monday 6th August 2007
  It has been announced that rolling strike action will take place across Royal Mail sites until at least 17 August and at all “Crown” Post Offices in the Post Office Network on 10 and 15 August...

• Industrial Action within Royal Mail and Post Office Ltd

  Monday 23rd July 2007
  It has been announced that rolling strike action will take place across Royal Mail sites from 25 July to 8 August...

• 16 and 19 July 2007 "Crown" Post Office Branches Strikes

  Thursday 12th July 2007
  It has been announced that industrial action will take place involving those staff working in "Crown" Post Office branches. (This follows Royal Mail strikes on 12 and 13 July.)