Francis Elliott writes in The Times that a cabinet row has broken out over the ID cards scheme: Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, and Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, have been summoned to No 10 for initial discussions with the Prime Minister and Chancellor. Further meetings with other Cabinet ministers are scheduled on Monday as [...]
According to Public Servant magazine: The Home Office has denied flatly that there is talk in the department that the ID cards programme could be cancelled. In light of Gordon Brown’s admission that a Labour government will make cuts to lighten the pressure on the budget, speculation has intensified about which projects will face the [...]
Dominic Grieve MP, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, writes on the Guardian’s Comment is Free web site: If the rise of a surveillance state has proved both intrusive and clumsy, it is also hugely expensive – at a time we can least afford it. ID cards have been independently estimated to cost £19bn. [...]
James Kirkup writes in the Telegraph about detailed planz for public spending cuts released by Vince Cable of the Liberal Democrats: Scrapping IT systems including the planned ID card scheme would save £5 billion over 10 years, he said. Scrapping databases and computer systems including the national NHS IT scheme would save more than £6 [...]
Jenni Russell writes in The Guardian: Imagine that, as an adult, a health problem or argument at home means you are not working effectively. You or your boss decide you need help. Then you find that before you can be offered a counsellor, physio, or executive coach, you must submit to an intensive interrogation about [...]
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