LRC recommends 50 new positions to clear passports backlog

Passport office workers are to vote on a deal to clear the massive backlog of unprocessed applications after crisis talks between unions and Government officials finished today.

Staff in the Civil, Public and Services Union (CPSU) will decide whether to accept the Labour Relations Commission’s proposals on tackling delays to more than 60,000 applications as a result of an ongoing work-to-rule over pay cuts.