Blunkett announces ID card plans
News Article 11 November 2003
Every member of the British public could possess a biometric identity card by 2013, David Blunkett has told MPs.
Cabinet reaches ID card deal
Press Review 7 November 2003
Cabinet debates ID cards
Press Review 6 November 2003
Cabinet gives cautious backing to ID cards
News Article 6 November 2003
The Cabinet has agreed "in principle" to introduce ID cards but has failed to agree a timetable for the move.
Bounty would help ID card claims think tank
News Article 27 October 2003
People should be given £50 as a way of increasing take-up of a national ID card, a campaign group has proposed.
Darling challenges ID cards
Press Review 23 October 2003
EU develops health 'ID card'
Press Review 21 October 2003
Hughes backs ID cards
News Article 21 October 2003
The immigration minister has given her backing to the introduction of identity cards.
ID cards 'to be dropped from Queen's Speech'
Press Review 16 October 2003
Blunkett hits back at Cabinet colleagues
Press Review 15 October 2003
PM backs ID cards
News Article 15 October 2003
The introduction of identity cards could prove "the right thing to do", the prime minister has said.
Cabinet split on ID cards
News Article 14 October 2003
The Cabinet remains split over controversial plans to introduce a system of ID cards, the home secretary has admitted.
PM turns against ID cards
Press Review 13 October 2003
Straw warns of ID card 'debacle'
News Article 12 October 2003
The foreign secretary has warned Cabinet colleagues that plans for compulsory identity cards are "flawed", according to leaked papers published on Sunday.
Blair backing for ID cards
Press Review 2 October 2003
