PM seeks backing for ID cards
Press Review 7 November 2006
At his monthly press conference yesterday, Tony Blair insisted that the introduction of identity cards was about using modern technology to tackle current problems such as immigration and organised crime.
PM: ID cards will beat fraud and abuses
News Article 6 November 2006
The prime minister has said that identity cards are vital for tackling fraud and immigration abuses.
Blair backs ID cards for immigrants
Press Review 6 November 2006
Writing in the Telegraph, Tony Blair argues that all immigrants will have to show an identity card in order to access jobs, public services or benefits.
Treasury refuses to release ID card analysis
News Article 17 October 2006
The Treasury is still resisting demands to publish an independent analysis of the cost of introducing identity cards, it has emerged.
Government fails to convince on ID cards
Press Review 10 October 2006
Businesses and Opposition parties have said they remain unconvinced by the government's planned identity card scheme after the Home Office gave its latest progress report yesterday.
ID cards 'to cost £5.4bn'
News Article 9 October 2006
Identity cards will cost the taxpayer £5.4bn over 10 years, according to latest Home Office figures.
Lib Dems slam £46m ID card 'waste'
Press Review 18 August 2006
The Liberal Democrats have revealed that the government has spent £46m in developing plans for ID cards.
Hackers crack biometric passports
Press Review 7 August 2006
The government's identity card and biometric passport scheme faces new criticism after a computer hacker revealed he has been able to copy the identity documents.
ID card plan criticised
Press Review 4 August 2006
The government is being too vague about its plans to introduce identity cards, MPs have said.
ID card scheme 'unclear'
News Article 4 August 2006
The government is being too vague about its plans to introduce identity cards, MPs have said.
ID cards 'could increase identity theft'
News Article 17 July 2006
The Conservatives have attacked the government's plans for identity cards, saying they could increase the risk of identity theft.
Blair defends ID cards plan
News Article 12 July 2006
Tony Blair has said that ID cards will not be scrapped although the detailed implementation "may change".
ID cards scheme under threat
Press Review 12 July 2006
The government has admitted that the ID cards scheme not only faces a delay but is subject to a review to ensure it could operate effectively.
ID card scheme 'crumbling'
News Article 11 July 2006
Amid signs of further delay, the Conservatives have said that the government's identity cards scheme is crumbling.
ID card plans 'not feasible'
Press Review 10 July 2006
Further opposition to the identity card scheme came yesterday with leaked Whitehall emails revealing that the government is planning to introduce a scaled-down version so that it can meet a 2008 deadline.
