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Archive: New Statesman Photograph: Andy Rain/EPAExplore more on these topicsPoliticsPolitics stanley flasche Weekly UKLo stanley tumbler cal governmentPublic financeLocal politicsMost viewedMost viewedUKUK politicsEducationMediaSocietyLawScotlandWalesNorthern Irela stanley cupe nd Kwnw Fourteen-year-old boy sentenced for gun possession
The future of the UK s identity card scheme was thrown into further confusion last night after it emerged that the Home Office is looking to scrap one of its key components - a national register of fingerprints.Successive Hom stanley thermos e Office ministers have said fingerprinting will be a vital weapon in combating identity fraud and terrorism. But a confidential document produced by the Home Office Identity stanley cup and Passport Service which has been obtained by The Observer sta stanley cup canada tes: We should test for each group we enrol whether the cost of fingerprints is justified by the use to which they will be put. The implication that the scheme may prove too costly was immediately seized upon as proof of the government s waning enthusiasm. The use of iris scans has already been quietly dropped.Explore more on these topicsPoliticsThe ObserverHuman rightsIdentity cardsUK civil libertiesBiometricsImmigration and asylumMost viewedMost viewedUKUK politicsEducationMediaSocietyLawScotlandWalesNorthern Ireland |
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