National ID cards scheme to be axed
Updated on 12 May 2010
The £5 billion national identity card scheme will be consigned to the scrapheap as a result of the new coalition Government, the Home Office confirmed
Axing the controversial scheme and associated identity databases were key manifesto commitments for both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
Senior ministers must now choose how to withdraw several thousand cards already in circulation after individuals paid £30 and handed over personal information.
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