Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition We should retain the burgundy passport rather than switching to blue.

The government recently announced that the colour of the UK passport will be changed from burgundy to blue at an estimated cost of £500 million. There are clearly better uses for this money. The change should not go ahead.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/208155

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