Joe Murphy writes in the Evening Standard:
Young Londoners are to be the first in the capital to be issued with ID cards, the Home Office announced today.
People aged 18 to 24 will be able to spend £30 on a biometric photocard that can be used to prove their age when buying alcohol or age-restricted goods, [...]
Christopher Hope writes in the Daily Telegraph:
Every Briton will be asked to hand over their National Insurance number and signature to keep their right to vote, under new plans.
The information will be added to local electoral registers and held at city halls across the country, raising concerns about the security of the data. The Government [...]
Timothy Garton Ash writes in The Guardian:
My approach to this election is therefore to ask: what can it contribute to fundamental reform of the state we’re in? How can I best use my vote and my voice to advance this change we really need? The answer is complicated, and the change will not come in [...]
According to Public Servant magazine:
The popularity of the ID card appears to be struggling after it was revealed that only 1,300 ID cards have been applied for in Greater Manchester.
The particularly damning fact is that in October 2009 it was revealed that there had been 2,000 expressions of interest by Manchester citizens. At the time, [...]
Tom Young writes in Computing:
The e-borders scheme is now tracking almost half of all passenger movements into and out of the UK, immigration minister Phil Woolas told the Commons yesterday.
The figure is ten per cent short of the 60 per cent the Home Office had anticipated by the end of 2009.
The £1.2bn scheme, which is [...]
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