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Conservatvies warn signs of ID card delays show the project is crumbling
ID card delays ‘show plans are crumbling’

The Conservatives have warned that plans to introduce a nationwide identity card system are “crumbling” after the government admitted delays were likely. A Home Office source told the BBC that the timetable for bringing in ID cards from 2008 “might change”, subject to the new home secretary’s plans to reorganise the department. Mr Reid declared… Read more »

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Anti-ID card campaigners say leaked emails show major problems with the project
Ministers ‘setting themselves up to fail’ on ID cards

Campaigners against ID cards have stepped up their calls for the scheme to be scrapped after leaked documents show major civil service unease about the plans. Emails between two senior civil servants reveal the government is considering a watered-down version of the nationwide identity cards scheme, in recognition that the original plans cannot be introduced… Read more »