Calls for passport office to open seven days a week to deal with 'passport emergency'

There has already been a massive surge in applications since the Government announced the easing of most Covid restrictions last week.

There have been calls for the passport office to open seven days a week to tackle what has been described as a “passport emergency”.

As the country reopens and families rush to book foreign summer holidays, the passport office is set to be flooded with up to 1.7 million applications in the coming weeks and months.