Scotland on Sunday reports:
Gordon Brown has expressed serious concern over the escalating cost of the government’s controversial identity card scheme, fuelling speculation that the entire policy is about to be ditched.
The Chancellor has told allies of his fears about the mounting bill for the scheme, currently standing between £6bn and nearly £20bn.
The article also reports [...]
The Times reports comments made recently by Tony McNulty at a private Whitehall seminar:
The Government has admitted that it has overplayed the advantages of identity cards.
Tony McNulty, the minister in charge of the ID card project, admitted that ministers had been too enthusiastic in suggesting that the cards could be the answer to a host [...]
On Sunday 31st July Geoff Hoon, speaking to BBC News 24, tried to introduce ID cards into the debate on border controls after a wanted man left the country by Eurostar:
Mr Hoon told the BBC ministers will be looking into claims that passport checks at Waterloo are inadequate.
He said: “I’m aware that the Home Office [...]
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