Plenty of coverage of Jacqui Smith’s unveiling of the design of the new biometric residence visa. Ben Russell writes in the Independent:
The Government was accused yesterday of cynically targeting immigrants to boost support for its controversial £4.7bn compulsory identity cards scheme as the Home Office unveiled the documents it plans will eventually be held by [...]
Jimmy Burns writes in the Financial Times:
Talks over the summer have failed to resolve the deadlock over plans for an accelerated introduction of identity cards to airport staff, the Financial Times has learnt – a situation that threatens to derail government efforts to push ahead with a national roll-out.
The news comes as ministers on Thursday [...]
Writing on the Guardian Comment is Free web site, Sunder Katwala speculates whether Gordon Brown’s conference speech commitment on child poverty signals a change in Labour strategy:
This could be the reversal of the approach of challenging Cameron from the right of him (such as on 42 days, the income tax cut sparking the 10p fiasco, [...]
Poly Toynbee, writing in the Guardian, speculates on how Labour might still win the next election:
The paradox is that behaving as if wipeout is inevitable could be the one way to save the day. A reckless spirit of doing Labour things because Labour believes in them may be the one chance to recapture the public [...]
The BBC web site reports:
Identity cards could be handed out to children as young as 14, a home office minister has suggested.
The first ID cards are due to be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds from 2010 as part of a plan to introduce the controversial scheme in stages.
But Meg Hillier said the age range was [...]
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