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UK delays post-Brexit passport contract
By EUobserver
The UK government has delayed a final decision on who should produce the country's post-Brexit 'blue' passports by two weeks, following a public row over awarding the contract to Franco-Dutch company, Gemalto, which would see British passports manufactured in France after the UK leaves the EU. A UK-based company, De La Rue, holder of the current passport contract, had threatened to appeal the government's decision.