One week passport warning as Brits will have to pay more to renew - all fee changes

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Tourists are being urged to renew their passports now, as they have just one week left before the application fee rises. The cost to replace your document will rise by about 9 per cent on Thursday, February 2.

These increases, which serve to improve government services, will vary across online and paper forms, affecting fees for both children and express applications.From next week, it will cost £82.50 to replace an expired passport through an online form - a £7 increase from the current price of £75.50.

Renewing your child's passport this way is to rise by £4.50 from £49 to £53.50. The price to apply for a passport through the standard paper form will rise from £83 to £85, while increasing to £54 from £58.50 for kids.

Anyone looking to renew it this way can collect a form from their local post office, reports the Mirror.Fast-track passports, which renew them within a week, prices rising to £155 for adults and £126 for children.