Id card battle is on in UK. Read on details.
by Zach Woodham
The media no longer seems so interested in ID cards and the National Identity Register, as it is widely accepted that a majority of the public now oppose them. But many may be surprised to hear that, despite public opposition and the current economic climate, Labour still wishes to proceed with the scheme.
Within the last two weeks, a number of statutory instruments relating to ID cards have been passed (or perhaps 'rubber stamped' by order of the executive) through Parliament, much to the regret of the Lords.
The ID cards scheme has been slowly but surely expanding, more recently relying upon a lack of media coverage and the misconception that it has been scrapped. On 25th November last year, the first compulsory ID cards were issued to foreign nationals. Since then, the Home Office has been trying to set up further compulsory 'trials'; though whilst the scheme has been growing, it has suffered a number of setbacks, such as protests from airport workers and their unions opposing trials at Manchester and London City airports, and the Government's problems in finding contractors to produce the technology.
These setbacks have forced the Government to rethink its strategy and push back its plans to later dates. This month the Home Office announced the ID cards scheme would no longer be compulsory. It has also decided to delay ordering the necessary equipment for producing the cards until after the next general election, although this is perhaps because the government isn't able to find many companies willing to take on a scheme that may very well be scrapped within a year.
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