ID card update

The government is to press ahead with its plans for ID cards at a cost of £5.4bn over 10 years but there are still major doubts over the feasibility of the project.

Published: 17 Oct 2006 16:50

The government is to press ahead with its plans for ID cards at a cost of £5.4bn over 10 years but there are still major doubts over the feasibility of the project.

Follow the events that have led ministers to press ahead with this decision.

Who's liable for ID cards?

Passport IT troubles bode ill for ID cards

ID cards to cost £5.4bn over 10 years

Government hires legal experts to block publication of ID card reviews

Cameron pledges to scrap ID card scheme

DWP refuses to issue ID card report in face of release order

'Rushed' ID card scheme is a missed opportunity, IT suppliers warn MPs

Toddlers used in trial of identity biometrics

ID card costs on the rise

Government ID card project faces £1.81bn deficit, warns LSE report

Reid puts brake on ID card contracts

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ID cards minister admits technical challenges Business leaders in London greeted the home secretary Jacqui Smith with enthusiasm last week when she spoke of the benefits of ID cards.

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Update: government admits ID cards have no business case The government has, for the first time, admitted publicly that it cannot quantify in financial terms the expected benefits from its controversial £5.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS).

National Identity Scheme has no business case, government admits The government has, for the first time, admitted publicly that it cannot justify its controversial £5.4bn National Identity Scheme in financial terms.

ID cards in depth Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated the government's determination to press ahead with plans for ID cards at a cost of £5.4bn over 10 years, despite concerns over a series of data losses by government departments.

Benefits to the citizen have yet to be proven In asking whether the government has got the business case for ID cards right, we need to understand precisely what that business case is, writes Geraint Price of Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London.

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