15 November 2006

Passport IT troubles bode ill for ID cards - 14/Nov/2006 - ComputerWeekly.com

This says it all, really.
the Identity and Passport Service is running more than a year behind schedule on an online passport system that is far simpler than the ID cards scheme and costs less than one hundredth of its price.

The words 'white elephant' come to mind. As does 'waste of taxpayers' money'.
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"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

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