thank you for talking to us today. thank you for talking to us today. thank you for talking to us today. thank you very much. britons wanting to apply for a new passport are being warned not to leave it until the last minute. the passport office says the delays are because of a large backlog after brexit and covid. the prime minister is warning the service could be privatised if things do not improve. the shadow home secretary raised the issue of passport delays with an urgent question in the house of commons this afternoon. my constituents fear their honeymoon may now be wrecked because their passports haven t arrived, even though they applied in plenty of time. we ve had cases of people cancelling jobs, parents trying to get holiday for a sick child, waiting since january, huge, long delays by the passport office and by the contractor, tnt. the message today on the one week fast track service says, system busy, please try again later , and the online premium service has no appointme