David Leigh and Rob Evans write in The Guardian:
A national campaign was launched last night to persuade people to refuse on privacy grounds to have their medical records uploaded to a national database. Guy Herbert, of the No2ID group, which is also campaigning against the introduction of identity cards, said: “We’d like to get up [...]

According to the Advertising Standards Authority web site:

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An ad for NO2ID, an anti-identity card campaign group, appeared in The Guardian. The ad showed a close-up photograph of Tony Blair; on his upper lip was a barcode. Text under the photograph stated “id cards have worked well in Europe before. www.no2id.net”.
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The [eight] complainants [...]

Helen McCormack writes in Community Care (”The Web site for everyone in Social Care”):
Following the inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie, Lord Laming pointed the finger of blame at the lack of co-operation between agencies.
But the government’s response – to pump hundreds of millions of pounds into developing an unprecedented number of children’s databases [...]

Dan Grimmer writes in the Norwich Evening News:
A passport centre which has been branded the first step towards introducing controversial ID cards is going to be opened in Norwich – despite protests against the move.
The Home Office has been granted permission by Norwich City Council’s planning applications committee to set up an “interview and administration” [...]

News Wales reports:
Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly leader Mike German has warned ID cards could threaten women vulnerable to domestic abuse.
He said today: “I have listened to the concerns of domestic abuse groups who are worried about the massive amount of information which will be accessible on anyone with an ID card. It will be far [...]