Simon Johnson, writing in the Daily Telegraph, reports a speech by Scotland’s First Minister attacking Labour and Conservative public spending plans: “The only thing they disagree on is the timing of starting the cuts. The scale of the cuts is just the same and both have Scotland in their sights.” He said the Government need [...]
Simon Donohue writes in the Manchester Evening News: Only 2,000 people have signed up to find out more about the ID cards trial in Greater Manchester. The £30 voluntary scheme will be rolled out across the region by the end of the year as a trial for the national card. Anyone living in Greater Manchester [...]
Joe Fay writes in The Register: The government is so sure that the UK public can’t wait to get their hands on ID cards that it is spending next to nothing to promote the scheme. Successive Home Secretaries have insisted that the UK populace is thoroughly convinced of the case for ID cards, and is [...]
Directgov chief technology officer David Matthewman has been speaking about online authentication. Tom Espiner reports on the ZDNet web site: Matthewman said not only do citizens need to be able to trust the government website they are visiting, but the government needs a reliable way of establishing the identity of the person when online. “Creating [...]
The Independent reports: Phil Woolas, the Immigration minister, faced ridicule last night after announcing that his own civil servants would be the first Britons to be issued with identity cards. He told MPs that applications for the £30 cards could be made by UK nationals from next Tuesday. Mr Woolas added: “This will apply to [...]
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