Decision to award passport contract to a non-British firm provoked outcry last month Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

A Franco-Dutch company is poised to win the contract to make the iconic blue British passport after the UK leaves the European Union, the Telegraph understands.

Brexit: Leavers in uproar over 'national humiliation' as blue passports contract 'handed to Franco-Dutch firm' Development branded 'completely wrong and unnecessary' and 'a farce' ...