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Story: Government tries to keep ID card costs secret

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Posted by: Andrew Meredith (Friday 7 July 2006, 12:04 PM)

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Will they never learn that making such a big fuss about these things just makes what might previously have been a dry point scored by an MP, into a hugely public release. When it is finally either released or leaked, the papers and SIGs will now examine it in minute detail, drawing out every damaging implication.

We all know that ID cards are set to be a hugely expensive and intrusive white elephant. We scarcely need any more proof. DWP are just making themselves and HMG in general look stupid, shifty and untrustworthy.

Sadly I was beated to the "If they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear" comment by the previous author :)

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