An interesting article by Telegraph.co.uk highlights some of the “confusion” that exists in current UK plans for ID cards:
“The future of the Government's identity card scheme is in confusion as it emerged that plans for a national fingerprint database may be quietly dropped.
At the same time, it appears that ministers are considering introducing a compulsory ID scheme by stealth, with plans that would require young people to obtain a card before being granted a driving licence.
The proposals were disclosed in two leaked Home Office documents and expose the lack of agreement within the Government over the extent to which ministers should continue with the commitment to ID cards. …”
More details can be found in the Telegraph’s article.
--- NOTE: my original HP blog can be found here ---
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