The post-Brexit blue passport will not be produced by the British firm that makes the current burgundy version, with sources suggesting the contract will be awarded to a Franco-Dutch firm instead. De La Rue: the British money-maker that lost UK passport contract Read moreBut the British firm De La Rue has lost out on the contract to make them, its chief executive confirmed on Thursday morning. He said that in France, as a foreign-based firm, De La Rue would be barred from bidding to produce the French passport. The Liberal Democrats’ Brexit spokesman, Tom Brake, said: “The blue passport saga is turning into a farce. First it was established that we did not have to leave the EU to have blue passports.

Source: The Guardian March 22, 2018 00:01 UTC