May pressed on passports

THERESA May faced fresh pressure last night to stop our passport production moving abroad.

More than 16,000 Mirror readers signed a petition for a rethink on the deal with French firm Gemalto.

And Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer said the new blue passports should be made by “a British company”.

Basingstoke’s De La Rue has printed British passports for the past 10 years.