ID card scheme start delayed

And so it begins: the inability to organise a drinks party in a brewery is delaying the ID cards scheme right at its inception

The roll-out of the Government's controversial identity card scheme is set to be delayed by a Home Office failure to begin the procurement process on schedule.

Not that I'm complaining, except at the monstrous waste of money that this will involve.

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