Passports

If you've sent off for a new passport, you may not get it back in time for your holiday after a strike by passport office staff this week added to disruption in the service.

A clampdown on online hoaxers who con people out of money via faked copycat Government websites has led to five arrests.

If you've sent off for a new passport, you may not get it back in time for your holiday after it emerged at least 30,000 are stuck in a backlog waiting to be dealt with.

Copycat websites that charge customers for Government and other services, which are usually free, will find it harder to lure in victims after a crackdown by Google.

Holidaymakers heading abroad after the summer, or those who won't need their passport for a few months, should consider waiting till September if they need to renew it as the fee will drop.

The cost of a standard adult UK passport is set to rise from £72 to £77.50 in September but you may be able to avoid the hiked price.