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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. Five years ago, most UK residents were in favour of the proposed cards, but this... [05 May 2009]
Cyber attack warning for London 2012 Olympics
News Former home secretary David Blunkett has warned of an internet attack on the 2012 Olympics, in a speech to delegates at the Infosecurity Europe 2009 conference in London on Tuesday. The ability to link these attacks... [28 Apr 2009]
The Yearly Round-Up: 22.12.05
Round-Up While Home Secretary Charles Clarke - and his predecessor the scandal-prone David Blunkett - would have us believe these cards will cure all manner of society's ills, the House of Lords isn't quite so convinced. [22 Dec 2005]
Agenda Setters 2005: Where are they now... David Blunkett
News Today we catch up with the former Home Secretary, David Blunkett, who's had quite a year. Step forward David Blunkett, the former UK Home Secretary. Blunkett attracted widespread... [14 Sep 2005]
ID Cards on Trial: A new silicon.com campaign
News The stated aims have changed many times since it was first touted as an 'entitlement' card by David Blunkett. silicon.com is today launching a campaign to lobby the government for greater transparency over the £5.8bn... [06 Jun 2005]
Opinion: Like it or not, here come ID cards
Comment When the UK government, under previous Home Secretary David Blunkett, first attempted to place its proposal for its ID card legislation before parliament, I thought that the many technical, fiscal and civil liberties... [31 May 2005]
ID cards - all our latest coverage
News Worrying questions are still unanswered about Blunkett's controversial plans. The UK government's reintroduction of legislation for a national identity card is perhaps the biggest IT story of the week. [26 May 2005]
ID card Bill 'is a threat to human rights'
News Given that Home Secretary David Blunkett previously pronounced the Bill was compatible with the Convention, but without given any further explanation to justify the assumption, the report says: "We consider the absence... [03 Feb 2005]
What do Carol Vorderman and David Blunkett have in common?
News They are the offices of the All Party Internet Group, former e-commerce minister Stephen Timms, communications regulator Ofcom, the not-for-profit European Internet organisation RIPE and David Blunkett, who has just... [23 Dec 2004]
ID card opposition crumbles
News New Home Secretary Charles Clarke continued the hard line of his predecessor David Blunkett and dismissed the "Big Brother" claims of opponents of the scheme. Opposition to the government's ID card scheme was ruthlessly... [21 Dec 2004]
Civil Service deletes millions of emails
News The move could make it tougher for independent inquiries, such as the recent David Blunkett enquiry or the Hutton report, to look into government records. The Cabinet Office denied on Monday that millions of emails are... [20 Dec 2004]
ID card champion Blunkett resigns over visa row
News David Blunkett has resigned after it emerged a visa for his ex-lover's nanny had been fast-tracked. It will be a bitter blow for Blunkett, ranked as a silicon.com high-tech Agenda Setter this year, who... [16 Dec 2004]
Glastonbury goers to get chipped photo ID cards?
News Home Secretary David Blunkett isn't the only one who fancies getting people to sign up for ID cards - founder of the Glastonbury music festival, Michael Eavis, quite likes the idea too. Glastonbury has repeatedly... [25 Nov 2004]
Queen gives ID cards and a UK 'FBI' the green light
News There are still a number of issues which have the potential to derail David Blunkett's plans to tackle crime and terrorism," he said in a statement. Legislation for national ID cards and the UK's version of the FBI were... [23 Nov 2004]
Cheat Sheet: ID cards
Cheat Sheet It's a different kind of threat we're facing this time, according to Blunkett. The government is investigating this at the moment but Blunkett wants as many biometric identifiers as possible on the card. [22 Nov 2004]
