RNIB: Election Manifesto 2005
Government Affairs Website Page
ID card and casino bills hit by election call
Press Review 6 April 2005
In a desperate bid to get priority business through before parliamentary time runs out, the government has cut plans for super casinos and abandoned the ID cards bill.
Peers maintain opposition to ID cards
Press Review 22 March 2005
Tory and Liberal Democrat peers have accused the government of rushing the legislation on identity cards so that it can stress its national security credentials in the run-up to the general election.
Blunkett to head ID card campaign
News Article 21 March 2005
David Blunkett has said he will lead Labour's election fight on ID cards.
ID cards could increase risk
Press Review 21 March 2005
A study by the London School of Economics has concluded that the government's ID cards scheme "must be" abandoned.
Ministers braced for ID card squeeze
Press Review 15 March 2005
Ministers are resigned to losing its legislation on ID cards before the general election.
Control of Identification Documents (Offences) Bill (Failed Bill 2004/05 Session)
Legislation 10 March 2005
The Bill sought to stop people holding another person's passports or other ID papers with the intent of criminal activity.
Cases of identity theft surge
Press Review 4 March 2005
New figures reveal that cases of identity theft have shot up 600 per cent in the last five years.
Finance & Leasing Association: Current Issues
Government Affairs Website Page
ID cards could ease border controls, says Clarke
Press Review 25 February 2005
Identity cards would make it easier for ministers to drop border controls with the rest of Europe, Charles Clarke said in Brussels yesterday.
Tory move on ID cards prompts Clarke attack
News Article 10 February 2005
Michael Howard has come under fire from the government after announcing his party will not be supporting plans to introduce identity cards.
Kennedy warns ID cards are impotent against terrorism
News Article 9 February 2005
Charles Kennedy has challenged the government to explain how identity cards will make a difference in the war against terrorism.
Human rights warning on ID cards
Press Review 3 February 2005
Plans to introduce compulsory identity cards could breach human rights, a parliamentary committee has warned.
Kennedy challenges Labour's 'empty promise' on crime
News Article 26 January 2005
Charles Kennedy challenged the prime minister over what he called Labour's "empty promise" on being "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime".
Commons back ID cards
Press Review 21 December 2004
The government's proposals for national identity cards were approved by the Commons last night.
