The plan to roll out a national ID card for Brits has found itself moved off onto the back burner. The plan which was originally set to roll out in 2010 will now find daylight in 2012 instead according to leaked documents.
From BBC:
The Tories say the ID card scheme is “in the intensive care ward” but the government said the plan had always been to introduce them “incrementally”.
The timetable for ID cards to start being given to UK citizens over 16 has already slipped and the first ones are not expected to start being issued until next year.
From January 2010 everyone getting a passport will have to get an identity card as well, according to existing plans.
The entire idea behind this plan was to curb illegal immigration. But, that will be of little help as it will only be a short amount of time before the crads can be duped.
Home Office documents leaked to the Conservatives set out an illustrated timeline for introducing biometric ID cards.
Biometric ID…hmmm. I know I have seen this movie somewhere before.
[tags]British National ID, Biometrics, Biometric Cards, ID Cards[/tags]