Brits split on ID cards
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Not getting any more popular The British public is evenly split on ID cards - 47 per cent think they're a good idea while 50 per cent think not.â¦
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A controversial scheme for national identity cards has been approved by the British House of Commons.
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That plastic card, the one with the lousy photo that's jammed into your wallet or purse, isn't just a license to drive. It's the green light to buy a drink, the ticket to federal benefits, the must-have document to get aboard airplanes.
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Britain said on Tuesday it plans to force non-European foreign nationals to register identity details such as fingerprints and iris scans from 2008.
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'We will abolish this costly plastic poll tax' Shadow home secretary David Davis has criticised the government's plan to make people travel to interview centres to provide a biometric for the national identity card.â¦
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The Home Secretary is to publish detailed plans for the controversial national identity card.
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There's nothing funny about Hitler No2ID - the folks who've done a sterling job pointing out the folly of the government's increasingly tottering ID card scheme - are hosting a comedy fundraiser this weekend.â¦
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Glastonbury organisers consider issuing festival-goers with photo ID cards in an attempt to foil touts.
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Displacement effect Card fraud in the UK fell three per cent from Â£439.4m in 2005 to Â£428m last year, according to figures from payment association APACS released Wednesday.â¦
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Swaps Big Brother for fraternal triumvirate The UK government has ditched plans to put all our identities on one big database, saying that sticking with existing systems will help cut fraud and save money.â¦
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Plans to combine new compulsory ID cards with passports and driving licences are dropped by the government.
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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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The U.K. government is proposing legislation that would create a system of ID cards with embedded biometric identifiers that everyone living in the U.K. would be required to have by 2011 or 2012.
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Put the government on formal notice the Shadow home secretary David Davies has asked the government to agree get-out clauses with companies it contracts to build its ID card systems and databases so that a Conservative government can ditch the scheme.â¦
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Some businesses and lawmakers are worried that new identification requirements going into effect Thursday at the borders with Canada and Mexico could create widespread confusion and delays and discourage some people from making the trip.
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That plastic card, the one with the lousy photo that's jammed into your wallet or purse, isn't just a license to drive. It's the green light to buy a drink, the ticket to federal benefits, the must-have document to get aboard airplanes. Now it's also the flash point for an argument about how best to balance America's security needs with worries that personal privacy could be swept away.
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Conservatives put big business in its place The IT industry has found itself in a handbagging spat with shadow home secretary David Davis over the Conservative party's plans to ditch ID cards should they win power from Labour.â¦