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Government offers no refund to 13,200 ID card holders

...to questions from Labour MP Paul Goggins. In March, then home secretary Alan Johnson predicted that 17 million ID cards would be in circulation by... Read more

10 June, 2010 by Kable
Remember Remember by Alan Wade 1.0

Remember Remember by Alan Wade 1.0

...electronic communication and previously unused methods of delivering terror to different targets. Alan Johnson seemed to fit Al Qaedas new profile of recruits very well... Read more

5 February, 2011
Remember Remember 1

Remember Remember 1

...electronic communication and previously unused methods of delivering terror to different targets. Alan Johnson seemed to fit Al Qaedas new profile of recruits very well... Read more

26 August, 2010

Nasa hacker defence vows to fight on

...the self-confessed hacker's extradition to the US, after home secretary Alan Johnson refused to step in. The team will apply to the High... Read more

27 November, 2009 by Tom Espiner

MPs urge Nasa hacker clemency

An influential government committee has urged home secretary Alan Johnson to use his discretion in evaluating the case of Nasa hacker... Read more

12 November, 2009 by Tom Espiner

MPs urge Johnson to halt McKinnon extradition

A cross-party group of senior MPs is meeting home secretary Alan Johnson on Wednesday to request clemency for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. MPs... Read more

9 September, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Johnson urges haste on foreigner ID cards

Home secretary Alan Johnson has asked the UK Border Agency to look at speeding up... Read more

6 July, 2009 by Kable

Nasa hacker McKinnon's extradition halted for review

...Thursday. The hearing had been arranged to consider whether May's predecessor, Alan Johnson, was right in law to allow the Nasa hacker's extradition... Read more

20 May, 2010 by David Meyer

McKinnon asks new government to halt extradition

...federal prison. A succession of Labour home secretaries, including Jacqui Smith and Alan Johnson, refused to intervene in McKinnon's case. Johnson declined to halt... Read more

17 May, 2010 by David Meyer

Gov't plans fingerprint passport bill

...passport applicants to be fingerprinted and enrolled on the National Identity Register. Alan Johnson said the move would convert the current small-scale identity card... Read more

30 March, 2010 by Kable

Home secretary: ID register contains NI numbers

Home secretary Alan Johnson has confirmed that the National Identity Register contains National Insurance numbers... Read more

7 January, 2010 by Kable

Revamp proposed for police IT procurement

...force arrangements, though it is too early to quantify them". Home secretary Alan Johnson said: "The white paper sets out a wide-ranging programme to... Read more

3 December, 2009 by Kable

Home secretary considers Nasa hacker plea

Home secretary Alan Johnson says he will decide 'quickly' whether he will intervene in the... Read more

11 November, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Labour MP takes gov't to task over ID scheme

...calling for the £5bn scheme to be scrapped. MacKinlay urged home secretary Alan Johnson to bite the bullet, saying: "He is having to cope with... Read more

7 July, 2009 by Nick Heath

Scottish minister urges end to ID cards

...community safety Fergus Ewing has written to the new UK home secretary Alan Johnson asking for the scheme to be cancelled. He has disputed claims... Read more

30 June, 2009 by Kable

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