Liverpool council votes against ID cards
Nicole Kobie writes in IT Pro:
Liverpool City Council has voted in favour of a motion against ID cards – and banned them from being promoted in their own offices.
In a motion passed yesterday – and backed by Labour members – the council noted its disapproval of the scheme, which is currently being rolled out in Manchester and could head to Liverpool next year.
“Council notes that the Government is pressing ahead with plans to introduce identification (ID) cards. It is doing this through pilot schemes in the North West, including the planned launch of a scheme in Liverpool in January 2010,” the motion from Councillors Steve Radford and Paula Keaveney said.
“Council notes that the existing policy of the City Council is that it is opposed to the introduction of ID cards and the associated database,” it said.
The motion stressed that the council did not believe the government’s claims that ID cards and the related database would “prevent crime, terrorism or illegal immigration,” but would instead “fundamentally change the relationship between the citizen and the State.”
The motion itself is available here.
