Even this debate is more complex than it might seem, as the ID card is simply the by-product of the creation of a National Identification Register (NIR), which will contain information about every ...

Two very controversial topics met in the middle today, when one potentially pointless national identity card scheme which would cost the UK taxpayer between £10-20bn according to the London ...

The first identity cards from the government's controversial national scheme have been unveiled. The biometric card will be issued from November, initially to non-EU students and marriage visa holders ...

Unlike some countries, the United Kingdom doesn't issue national identity cards - a plan to introduce them was scrapped in 2010 - but that does not mean that British citizens - and young people in ...

Later this month, the United Kingdom's ruling Labour Party will hold its yearly conference, and will take up the issue of national identification cards through the British Identity Act 2006.The ID ...

About 80% of the UK population have passports, so the Identity and Passport Service is confident of a high voluntary uptake of ID cards. The government is also pinning its hopes on "early adopters".

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Mr McDowell, has been criticised for failing to introduce a national identity card scheme. Fine Gael's Mr Michael Ring TD said visitors to the UK ...

Controversial £5.4bn National Identity Scheme is underway with the first cards issued to foreign nationals applying to stay in the UK. Foreign nationals are the first to receive UK ID cards ...

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said identity cards will not be compulsory for UK citizens. What does this mean for the government's multi-billion pound identity scheme ...