Home Secretary Theresa May (Pic:PA) THERESA May was fighting for her job last night after damning new documents fuelled the scandal of lax security at our borders. Advertisement >> Leaked emails showed that thousands of private jet passengers were allowed into the UK without going through immigration or customs. They also revealed the Home Secretary relaxed checks at airports on at least 2,500 occasions this summer. And the Mirror can reveal passport applications are being secretly subjected to a controversial new “postcode lottery” trial scheme. The High Risk Applications scheme is based on fraud statistics. Staff were given a list of postcodes to check against every new passport application or renewal. Applicants in areas deemed to be higher risk face several weeks additional delay in getting their passports. In London, the only areas which get virtually no checks are postcodes that begin with WC and EC – the most central and prosperous areas. Meanwhile applications from women
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