Britain admits cost of ID cards will be almost double estimate
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The British government has admitted the cost of introducing identity cards will be almost double its original estimate of three billion pounds (5.6 billion dollars, 4.3 billion euros)), the Financial Times reported.
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Cost to British taxpayer of investigating claims that Diana, Princess of Wales, was murdered have reached an estimated Â£6m
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Serious doubts are raised on the accuracy of a new ID system being introduced on new UK passports next year.
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Â· Increase to fund consular service, says Foreign Office Â· Bill is underwriting cost of ID cards, say opponents
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Controversial plans to introduce identity cards are being debated in the Commons on Thursday.
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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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Database revolt Hundreds of thousands of people will refuse to sign up to the UK Government's planned identity register, according to just-published research. Around eight per cent of those surveyed said they would refuse to sign up to the database even if they are fined.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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Britons spend more cash overseas than foreign visitors do when in the UK. new figures suggest.
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Britons will not be required to have ID cards until 2012, two years later than originally planned, the opposition Conservatives claimed on Tuesday, citing leaked government documents they obtained.
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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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The ID card scheme will be a "great British institution" like the railways in the 19th Century, a minister predicts.
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Fraud is costing the UK at least Â£20bn a year, or Â£330 for each person in the UK, a police study warns.
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Just in time for the Olympics The British government is delaying the roll out of the national ID card scheme to UK citizens, according to leaked documents obtained by the Tory party.â¦
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Invoking a global threat of terrorism, the British government announced plans on Tuesday to introduce national identity cards for the first time since the Second World War.
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Spending by credit and debit cards  overtakes cash spending in the UK for the first time, says the Association of Payment Clearing Services.
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Blog: Numerous states have rebelled against the required digital ID overhaul, citing the steep pricetag as a factor. Will the extra funds make a dent in the multibillion-dollar mandate?