http://www.no2id.net/newsblog The latest on Identity Cards and Databases in the UK Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kitty Donaldson writes in US magazine Business Week: Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s government may ask U.K. banks and supermarkets to subsidize its national identity-card program, paying for documents for poorer customers to attract business. Home Office minister Meg Hillier said companies might offer to buy the 30-pound ($46) cards for people who ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2010-03/u-k-may-ask-rbs-lloyds-to-subsidize-identity-cards/ Nicole Kobie writes in the IT Pro Editorial blog: My mum — and yours too, I'm sure — used to say this: "If you’ve got nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all." That’s not bad advice for six-year-olds, but I’d expect better from the government. Yesterday, I went to a speech ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2010-03/what-feedback-does-the-government-really-want-on-id-cards/ Meg Hillier writes in Progress Online, advocating the Home Office's ID Cards Scheme: There is so much potential for a service which has citizens' rights at its heart. It can help reach the very people who find it hard to assert their rights now. And the technological possibilities are exciting. My vision ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2010-03/id-cards-can-help-fight-social-exclusion/ Julie Henry writes in the Sunday Telegraph: The Independent Schools Council has drawn up a manifesto demanding that the party that wins the election strips away the unprecedented layers of regulation that have been imposed on the sector. It will say that the independence of schools is being worn away by Government ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2010-03/private-schools-attack-government-interference/ Fiona Barr writes in the online medical magazine EHI Primary Care: A GP practice in Hampshire has recorded opt-out requests for the Summary Care Record from 20% of its patients. The Oaklands Practice in Yateley, Hampshire, has run a five year information campaign for its patients on the SCR and pledged not ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2010-03/hants-gp-wants-explicit-consent-for-scr/ Mark White writes on the Sky web site about eBorders: The Government has stated that all passenger traffic will be monitored under the system by 2014, with 95% monitored by the end of this year. Tim Reardon, from the Chamber of Shipping, represents the ferry companies - who carry more than 20 ... http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2010-03/frosty-welcome-for-uk-electronic-borders-plan/