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Plans to scrap ID cards revealed

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Updated on 27 May 2010

Home Secretary Theresa May is to set out further details of the Government's plans to scrap the £5 billion ID cards scheme.

The Home Office is publishing the Identity Documents Bill - announced in the Queen's speech on Tuesday - which will abolish identity cards and destroy all personal information gathered for the National Identity Register.

Getting rid of the ID card system, introduced under Labour, was a manifesto pledge of both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.

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