Passports

Just over three million applications for pricier fast-track passport renewals have been made in the past five years, costing travellers an extra £130 million, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal.

The Post Office will now let you renew your passport digitally - but it'll cost £15 more than doing it yourself, and you'll have to go into one of the 725 participating branches. 

Travellers who are renewing their passports are now getting up to nine months' less validity, after an under-the-radar change to Passport Office rules, MoneySavingExpert can reveal. 

Hundreds of thousands of Brits are paying more than they need to for a new or replacement passport, official data obtained by MoneySavingExpert.com reveals.

The price of applying for a passport is set to increase on Tuesday 27 March by £3 if you do it online and £12.50 if you do it by post – but there's a way to lock in today's cheaper price if you're due to renew right up until the end of 2018.

UK passengers flying to and from Europe are facing long queues at some airports due to tougher immigration checks. If you miss a flight there's little chance of compensation or a successful travel insurance claim but there are steps you can take to mitigate against problems.

British holidaymakers have been forced to cancel holidays, miss flights and pay for new passports after the US border agency mistakenly revoked a large number of travel authorisation documents ahead of a change in admission rules, MoneySavingExpert.com has learned.

The Government has launched a review into airport retailers not passing on VAT discounts to shoppers – in another campaigning success for Martin Lewis and MoneySavingExpert.

The holidays are over, the schools are back. But if you've recently returned, some simple checks could save you £100s. Here's my post-holiday checklist (and if you've got the back-to-work blues, some will help you next year too).