Monday, June 27

ID Cards - What the papers say

Government confusion over ID card data sales

The government's plans for ID cards were in turmoil last night after ministers denied a report in the Independent on Sunday that details of all 44m British adults holding ID cards would be sold to private companies in an attempt to offset the cost of their introduction, which the paper claimed could be up to GBP 750 per card. The government has denied it intends to sell the data.


The Daily Telegraph - Anger over 'sale' of ID details -
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The Guardian - Ministers rejects ID card claims -
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1515460,00.html

The Times - Rebel MPs get price promise on ID cards -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/06/27/do2706.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2005/06/27/ixop.html

The Financial Times - Rising cost of ID card plans fuels unease of rebel MPs -
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/70a346ea-e680-11d9-b6bc-00000e2511c8.html

The Scotsman - Doubts over ID cards as costs soar to GBP 18bn -
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=705812005

Related articles -

The Independent - Ethnic minorities 'will be targeted by ID card' -
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=650052

Glasgow Herald - ID cards 'will be Blair's poll tax' -

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