Target for Greater Manchester cards is missed
Nick Heath writes at Silicon.com:
The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government missing its own deadline to get the cards into the hands of Manchester residents.
The Home Office announced today that people living or working in Manchester will now be able to enrol their details for an ID card from 30 November, with the first cards issued around 10 days after enrolment.
The new rollout date reveals how the government’s schedule has slipped: volunteers living in the Greater Manchester area were originally due to be issued with the biometric identity cards in October. However, a Home Office spokesman admitted to silicon.com that the cards “were not issued” last month.
