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ID cards: Seven years of missed deadlines and U-turns
News Picture the scene: the year is 2016 and ID cards have been embraced by the British public, with most UK citizens now carrying their very own card. May 2009 - The latest IPS delivery plan... [02 Dec 2009]
Mini laptops, codebreaking, Wikipedia and why there's no 'British Google'
News November also dealt with the perennial question of will the UK's ID cards programme ever run to plan? The latest slip-up in the ID cards schedule, unearthed by... [30 Nov 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News Pilling's appointment comes ahead of the rollout of ID cards to the first British citizens. The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's... [14 Sep 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo The white British card looks rather different to the pink and blue ID cards for foreign nationals, seen here, that were unveiled last November. The design for the... [30 Jul 2009]
India's social ills soothed by outsourcing leaders?
Comment India's proposed unique identification is along the lines of the American social security number or the British national insurance number. Urban, educated Indians have a multitude of identification cards... [27 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The government has been slammed over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following Home Secretary Alan Johnson's announcement that carrying an ID card will never be compulsory... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), which had campaigned against the compulsory cards on the grounds that security checks at airports are already stringent, welcomed the move. The government... [01 Jul 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News The other deal, a contract to provide the National Biometric Identity Service with a database to support the introduction of biometric passports and ID cards, was awarded to IBM. The government's scheme... [12 Jun 2009]
Pilots to bail out on ID cards
News A survey of 10,000 pilots by the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) found 60 per cent were opposed to ID cards and Balpa has pledged to battle the rollout of the... [08 May 2009]
ID cards: "massive drop" in public confidence, says Blunkett
News MP David Blunkett, architect of the National Identity Scheme, has said there has been a "massive drop" in public confidence in ID cards. For at least three years after we announced [ID... [05 May 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News These contracts bring ID cards and more secure British passports a step closer, taking advantage of the best technology available to bring real benefits. IBM and CSC have been awarded... [08 Apr 2009]
Pilots want to put the brakes on ID card plan
News Lawyers for the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) said they are examining whether there are legal grounds to challenge Home Office plans to force pilots to take up the cards from Autumn this year. [16 Feb 2009]
North West leading the rise of online banking
News Check out silicon.com's Cheat Sheets… Google Android Video: ID cards BBC iPlayer Galileo CRM Biometrics The average British adult withdraws around £3,839 per year from cash... [18 Dec 2008]
ID cards project adds implementation chief
News Gaskell will also head up the distribution of cards to airline workers - a controversial move which has seen the British Airline Pilots Association threaten to seek a judicial review. According to the... [18 Nov 2008]
Row over high street biometrics
News If they do] they will have to answer how they will fill the black hole not only left by ID cards but biometric passports. Anti-ID card campaigner Phil Booth said that far from increasing... [10 Nov 2008]
