ID cards
RSS ID cardsID Cards on Trial: Police chief questions biometrics
News Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Ian Blair has questioned whether biometric technology is reliable enough to be used in ID cards, saying it has to be "foolproof". Speaking at a London Assembly... [16 Jun 2005]
ID cards to be mandatory by 2010
News Law makers have agreed to a compromise proposal that will see ID cards become mandatory for passport holders by 2010. Previously the ID cards bill, which the House of... [30 Mar 2006]
ID cards scheme under fire again
News The ID cards scheme has come under fire again after a report by a government committee expressed "great concern" about the lack of transparency and the cost and scope of the project. The damning report... [04 Aug 2006]
ID cards face student scorn
News Young people have condemned ID cards as "illegal" and "creepy" on a website to canvas their views. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards O is for Other cards... [09 Jul 2008]
ID cards could wear out too quickly
News ID cards may not last as long as expected and the government may struggle to find enough data centre space to host the IT systems of the controversial programme. But the consultants also said the... [09 Nov 2005]
Cheat Sheet: ID cards
Cheat Sheet Didn't we used to have ID cards back in World War II? The new ID cards will cost £15 and will be issued alongside passports, which will double to £85. But we got rid of... [22 Nov 2004]
ID cards wouldn't have stopped bombings, says Clarke
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke believes ID cards will help combat terrorism, despite admitting they would not have stopped the London bombings on Thursday. ID cards have... [08 Jul 2005]
ID cards: The "surveillance society" risk
News The Home Affairs Committee report says the ID cards scheme should not become a "surveillance tool" and demands stronger assurances about the government's ability to protect information in the wake of... [09 Jun 2008]
ID cards not about to be scrapped, says gov't
News The ID cards scheme will not be scrapped, despite rumours to the contrary, according to government sources. The Sunday Mirror also reported that the prime minister plans to scrap the scheme altogether,... [06 Nov 2007]
ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn
News The UK's ID cards scheme will cost more than £5.6bn to set up and run over the next 10 years, according to the latest Home Office figures. A £5.43bn price tag covers the total resource costs of providing... [09 Nov 2007]
ID cards plans to face review
News The ID cards project has already been through two Gateway 0 reviews, in June 2003 and January 2004, and an earlier review conducted by the Home Office in March 2003. Read all of silicon.com's coverage of... [12 Jul 2005]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment The government's U-turn on ID cards this week caused readers to reach for their keyboards in force. ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots The... [06 Jul 2009]
ID cards will save businesses "millions"
News ID cards will save businesses millions of pounds, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has insisted. The government has been rocked by criticism of its controversial ID cards... [18 Nov 2005]
ID Cards on Trial: Warning over IT upgrade costs
News In an official response to the LSE's costing and proposals for an alternative ID scheme the Home Office re-iterates its position that the cards will only need to be replaced once every 10 years and that... [22 Jul 2005]
ID cards costs reach almost £50m
News The government has revealed it has spent almost £50m on the controversial ID cards scheme before the project has even got off the ground. In a written answer to a parliamentary question by Liberal... [18 Aug 2006]
