Id Cards for Airport Staff but Not Compulsory for All

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MINISTERS were today battling to keep the ID card scheme on track after they admitted that Britons will not automatically be given a card when obtaining a new passport.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith insisted that the Government remained fully committed to the Pounds 5.4billion plan, under which everyone's fingerprints and facial biometrics will be stored on a national database.

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Id Cards for Airport Staff but Not Compulsory for All

She said that ID cards would become compulsory for students from outside Europe from November and mandatory f...

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