I'm trying to resist the urge to say 'I told you so'. I wish I could feel smug but I'm too busy worrying when someone in government is going to pull the plug on this white elephant project that we don't really want and probably can't be done without bankrupting the nation and turning us into drones. "The official estimated cost of the controversial national identity card scheme has soared in the last six months by an extra �840m to a total of �5.75bn, according to new Home Office figures published today.
The latest six-monthly estimate makes clear that this is unlikely to be the final figure as the �5.75bn excludes the costs to other government departments using ID cards to verify identities, such as GPs registering new patients."
Projected cost of ID cards rises by �400m | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics:
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