UK's Blair Wins Key Vote on Identity Cards
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair won a key vote Monday in his bid to reintroduce identity cards, seen by the government as a key weapon in its anti-terror campaign.
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The government has announced measures to reduce Blue Badge fraud and make them more widely available
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Proposals for identity cards and a population register are opposed by Britain's information watchdog.
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The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID cards, the Information commissioner has warned. Send us your views.
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Introduction of a U.K.-wide compulsory ID card system will be deferred until after the next election, according to documents leaked to the Tories.
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BRIGHTON, England  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair won the backing of his Labour party Thursday to keep British troops in Iraq, avoiding a humiliating defeat that would have undermined his leadership.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair gave his full support to Home Secretary David Blunkett today despite allegations that he misused his public position to help a former lover.
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The British government forged ahead with plans to introduce identity cards as part of its drive against terrorism after defeating a revolt in parliament.
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World News &gt; London, Sept 30 : The Tony Blair government has allowed the Gurkhas in the British Army to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship.
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The Identity Cards Bill, published today, seeks to create by 2010 a system of ID cards with embedded chips that carry personal information and biometric identifiers.
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Britain's new Home Secretary Charles Clarke said on Monday he was determined to introduce identity cards as part of the fight against terrorism, despite a possible rebellion from within his own party.
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Straight answers not compulsory either For the third time in four days, Gordon Brown has sown doubts about the future of compulsory ID cards for UK citizens. Speaking at prime minister's question time today, Brown confirmed that it was "policy" for ID cards to become compulsory, but added the rider that this was subject to a vote in parliament.â¦
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is recovering and doing paperwork at his country retreat over the weekend after successfully undergoing treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat.
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Tony Blair says a rise in university applications has vindicated the decision to charge top-up fees.
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Britain is "sleepwalking into a surveillance society" because of government plans to introduce ID cards and a population register, the nation's information watchdog was quoted as saying.
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Tony Blair signed up for the new European constitution as it was announced that the British public will vote on its ratification in the spring of 2006.
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Count them in, count them out, count them all about... Immigration Minister Liam Byrne this week unveiled - to a certain amount of derision - his vision of the ID Card scheme as some sort of 21st Century equivalent of the 19th Century railway network or the 20th Century national electricity grid. It will be pervasive, and in 20 years time it will be a great British institution, "part of the fabric of British life."â¦