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RSS verification cardID cards face student scorn
News V is for Verification Feedback from the site will be put towards tailoring the biometric card to suit young people's needs when they are offered the cards from 2010. She said the two fingerprints and photograph stored on the card would provide... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News V is for Verification The IPS is also responsible for delivering the ID cards scheme, which will be rolled out over the next four years, starting with about 10 million "critical" workers in 2009, young people in 2010 and the rest of the UK public... [02 Jul 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News V is for Verification The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that the ID card gateway reviews should be published. [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News V is for Verification The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the... [11 Apr 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News V is for Verification The head of Britain's ID cards project and national identity database has defended the government's revised ID card plans in the face of allegations of a u-turn after the project was scaled back. [10 Mar 2008]
ID cards are dead
Comment V is for Voice verification S is for Signature verification Of course the government is bravely attempting to position this revised timetable for the controversial £5.6bn (that's the government's own cost estimate) national ID card project as... [07 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News V is for Verification A government u-turn has ditched plans to force people to get a biometric ID card when they renew or apply for a passport. For the few who are likely to actually want a standalone biometric ID card they will also have the... [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News V is for Verification The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Doubts in the scheme were further exacerbated by Accenture and BAE Systems pulling out of the procurement... [26 Feb 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News S is for Signature verification V is for Voice verification Another major advantage is that a single document or card could work with different biometric readers across the world by containing biometrics ranging from fingerprints to iris scans. [21 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News V is for Verification Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. And the union said it wants to make sure workers will not shoulder the projected £93 cost of the biometric card. [20 Feb 2008]
ID cards? One in four says no!
News V is for Verification Support for the UK's national ID card programme continues to plummet as one quarter of people say they are strongly opposed to the scheme. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the... [06 Feb 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News V is for Verification Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs Loans and bank accounts to require card… [29 Jan 2008]
Accenture and BAE Systems abandon ID cards
News V is for Verification Two major IT suppliers have pulled out of the bidding for lucrative contracts to build the systems underpinning the UK's national biometric ID card project. Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to... [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News V is for Verification Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about the government's ID card plans. Leaked Home Office documents reveal teenagers may need an ID card to open a bank account or take out a student loan... [24 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News S is for Signature verification V is for Voice verification Government policy is that all UK residents over the age of 16 should eventually be required to have an ID card. During Prime Minister's questions this week the leader of the Conservatives... [10 Jan 2008]
