ID Cards scheme faces delay
The process of putting contracts to establish the scheme out to tender – which software suppliers expected in March – has been put back indefinitely.
The government is however saying:
We set a timetable for when ID cards would be introduced and that might change.
It seems this is all down to John Reid’s review of the Home Office, rather than any decision about the scheme itself, despite leaked emails voicing internal doubts about the viability of the scheme’s timetable in the Sunday Times.
See also The Register’s comments on the leaks, and how cancellation of the card scheme wouldn’t necessarily change the governments grab for power over who we are.
July 11th, 2006 at 20:22
This makes it all the more essential that we use the time gained by this to vote these clowns out of office, before they get the chance to resurrect this nightmare.
July 11th, 2006 at 20:45
This is good news.but let,s not waste the breathing space we,ve been given.Make sure that we keep putting the message across that the real danger is the centralised database and not the cards themselves.If we let Blair get away with this,what comes next.
July 20th, 2006 at 12:38
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