New Brexit blue British passports are actually made in Poland

Britain’s new passports are actually being made in a factory in Poland, it has emerged.

The new colours have been supported by Brexiteers as a symbol of ‘regaining our national identity.’

However, the contract for the newly issued documents was awarded to a French company and they are reportedly being manufactured in the Polish town of Tczew.

Home Secretary Priti Patel and Prime Minister Boris Johnson have posed with the new design, which will be rolled out in the UK next month.

Ms Patel said that by returning to the ‘iconic’ blue and gold design, the passports will ‘once again be entwined with our national identity’.

But in a twist of irony, it has been reported that the £260 million contract for making the blue passports was secured by Gemalot, a subsidiary of the French group Thales.

British burgundy passports can still be used for travel until they expire.