Passport Fee to rise by 23%

The price of a passport is to rise from £51 to £66 in October this year when they start sporting a wonderful "secure" chip with all your personal details and a scan of your photo on.

I give it a week before readers are freely available on the internet that will be able to pull data from the "secure" chip remotely. But hey, that's ok, because criminals will all carry ID cards so we'll know who they are ...