Sunak 'seeking EU deal to cut passport check delays for British holidaymakers'

THE Prime Minister is reportedly seeking to end excessive passport check border delays for Britons heading to EU countries.

- Rachael Burford

Rishi Sunak wants to strike a deal with Brussels that would allow Britons to use e-gates for passport checks, according to sources who spoke to the Bloomberg agency. British citizens have often faced lengthy delays at French, Italian, German and other European airports and ports since the UK quit the EU.

Waits are commonly caused by the manual checking of passports, which include stamping documents.

Downing Street did not comment on the reports this morning. But Mr Sunak is understood to want to use the improved relations with Brussels to push for a new passport agreement that could allow Britons to move through airports and ports more easily.

It comes after the Windsor Framework deal was struck over Northern Ireland trade.