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Asylum seekers get UK's first biometric ID cards

...become the first people in Britain to be issued with high-tech biometric cards by the Home Office. The Application Registration Card (ARC) will contain... Read more

4 February, 2002 by Wendy McAuliffe

Home Office has received over 1,000 ID card requests

...142 out of 3,073 pieces of correspondence to government on the biometric cards have been classified as "wants an ID card", according to home... Read more

23 December, 2008 by Nick Heath

Home Office expands scope of compulsory ID cards

...UK on the basis of marriage have been obliged to have the biometric cards. Now, those required to give their fingerprints to the police will... Read more

12 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Manchester may trial large-scale ID card rollout

...that would require new legislation. According to Hillier, the public wants the biometric cards, adding that home secretary Jacqui Smith is already being asked: "When... Read more

30 January, 2009 by Nick Heath

Identity minister moots ID cards on driving licences

...maternity allowance, tax returns, TV licences and incapacity benefit. Critics of the biometric cards claim it proves the government will push the cards onto the... Read more

21 October, 2008 by Nick Heath

Government releases more details of UK ID Card

Not got time to digest this at the moment but here's the information from the government press office on the trial of... Read more

25 September, 2008

Students refuse to be 'guinea pigs' for ID cards

...loan from 2010 — making them among the first people to have the biometric cards in the UK. The National Union of Students (NUS) described the... Read more

25 January, 2008 by Nick Heath

Singapore mulls biometric data in passports

...year. In February, the UK Passport Service said it plans to include biometric cards containing identifiers such as iris scans and finger prints into British... Read more

29 July, 2003 by ZDNet UK

First large-scale ID card trials coming to Manchester?

...that would require new legislation. According to Hillier, the public wants the biometric cards, adding that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is already being asked "When... Read more

29 January, 2009 by Nick Heath

"Please give me an ID card" say UK citizens

...142 out of 3,073 pieces of correspondence to government on the biometric cards have been classified as "wants an ID card", according to Home... Read more

22 December, 2008 by Nick Heath

ID cards on driving licences - 'law can't stop us'

...maternity allowance, tax returns, TV licences and incapacity benefit. Critics of the biometric cards claim it proves the government will push the cards onto the... Read more

21 October, 2008 by Nick Heath

Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs

...from 2010 - making them among the first people to have the controversial biometric cards in the UK. The National Union of Students (NUS) described the... Read more

24 January, 2008 by Nick Heath

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