French group wins contract to make UK passports after Brexit

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A French company has won the contract to produce Britain's new dark blue passports, leading to criticism from some Brexiters who had heralded the change of colour as a symbol of the benefits of leaving the EU.

Gemalto, a security company based in Paris, won the tender process ahead of the UK's De La Rue, said one person briefed on the decision. De La Rue currently holds the contract for producing UK passports, worth £490m over 10 years.

On Thursday, a Home Office spokesperson confirmed the government had selected the preferred bidder following "a rigorous, fair and open competition". It said the winning bid for the 11.5-year contract came in £120m below the next highest.

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Bill Cash, a pro-Brexit MP, described the decision as "incongruous to say the least" and "symbolically completely wrong" after the Sun and Daily Telegraph newspapers first reported the contract award to Gemalto on Wednesday evening,

"The irony is unreal," Eloise Todd, chief executive of Best for Britain, the anti-Brexit campaign group, said.

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