Damian Green writes in the Guardian Comment is Free web site:
Until the policy was declared illegal by the European court of human rights, the government planned to keep the DNA of the innocent forever, making us all suspects for life. Ministers, having dragged their feet for months, have now offered a system where they will [...]

Jennie Bristow reviews “Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom” in the Spiked Review of Books:
One of the most pernicious prejudices of our time is that adults, given half a chance, will abuse the children in their care.
This is the prejudice that lies behind the UK government’s out-of-control, increasingly unpopular mass vetting scheme, in which [...]

Sarah Bridge writes in the Mail on Sunday:
The Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) was hailed as the answer to Britain’s epidemic of underage drinking and fake ID cards.
But Robert Humphreys, the chairman of PASS and secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, said: ‘There is a real problem here. Many larger club, pub and [...]

Katherine Faulkener and Rhiannon Edwards write in the Manchester Evening News:
Some 1,736 people in Greater Manchester have bought the £30 cards after the Home Office promised they could be used to travel in Europe.
But customer service staff at nine major travel companies – including British Airways, Eurostar and BMI baby – told M.E.N reporters posing [...]

John Leyden writes in The Register:
An early adopter of the UK’s controversial ID card was refused passage when he tried to board a ferry to Rotterdam.
Norman Eastwood, from Salford, and his wife Jeanette had booked a passage from Hull with P&O Ferries on Saturday. The ID card, which has been offered on a voluntary basis [...]