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• 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.)

  12-13 July 2007 Royal Mail Strike

  Tuesday 10th July 2007
  It has been announced that industrial action will take place involving postal workers, cash services workers and those working in “Crown” Post Office branches on Thursday 12 July and Friday 13 July 2007...

• 29 June and 2 July 2007 Royal Mail Strike

  Wednesday 27th June 2007

  It has been announced that industrial action will take place involving postal workers, cash services workers and those working in “Crown” Post Office branches on Friday 29th June and Monday 2 July 2007. The action by postal workers will take place on 29 June...

• FCO increase in the consular premium element of the passport fee

  Friday 15th June 2007

  The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has today announced an increase to the consular premium element of the passport fee, to be implemented from 4 October 2007...

• Upcoming removal of the fast track service for first-time adult passport customers

  Tuesday 17th April 2007

  From 1 June 2007, first-time adult passport customers will no longer be able to use the fast track one-week service as they will have to attend an interview, as part of the passport application process. These interviews are for passport customers aged 16 or over and who are applying for a passport...

• ePassport fees announced

  Monday 24th July 2006

  Fees for the biometric ePassport, the most secure passport ever produced by the UK, were published today, as the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) announced that over a million ePassports have now been issued. The new fees will come into effect from 5 October 2006. This completes a two-stage fee...

• Personal identity process for first-time passport applicants

  Friday 10th March 2006
  To combat the increased sophistication of identity fraud, the UK Passport Service as part of the strengthening of its identity authentication arrangements, from 10 March will check the information provided by adult first-time applicants against data held by public and private sector organisations...

• Civil Partnership Act introduced

  Monday 17th October 2005
  The ´Civil Partnership Act´ came into force on 5 December 2005. The Act allows for adults of the same sex to enter into a legally binding civil partnership. Couples who form a civil partnership will have a new legal status, that of ´civil partner´. The UKPS will accept civil partnership certificates...

• Biometric information campaign launched in Manchester

  Monday 12th September 2005
  A roadshow to raise awareness amongst current and future passport holders about the introduction of biometrics and how they are recorded was launched in Manchester today. Members of the public will be able to have their irises and fingerprints recorded as part of the UK Passport Service (UKPS) awareness...

• UKPS tops customer satisfaction survey for the second year running

  Thursday 16th June 2005

  For the second year in succession, UK Passport Service (UKPS) received the best rating for overall customer satisfaction in our CompariSat® benchmark which was extended in 2005 to cover over 35 major private and public sector organisations. To find out more visit the FDS website...

• ID Cards scheme to be introduced

  Thursday 26th May 2005
  The Government has announced plans for a compulsory national identity cards scheme. The scheme is to be phased in over a number of years and will include basic personal information and biometric identifiers. These unique biometric identifiers (such as iris pattern or fingerprints) will help prevent...