Cost of ID card and passport rises to £100

It's a while since I have written on ID cards, but this really should be flagged up, an official government report has recently been published. "The report says that the latest estimate excludes the cost of the ID project to other government departments outside the Home Office, including card scanners for GPs registering new patients. The report to parliament admits that the estimate is likely to change, especially as the tendering process, with eight private sector firms bidding to run the scheme, has just started. The final charge for the ID card has not been settled but the government has decided that the scheme must be self-financing."
In other words we are going to be asked to pay a poll tax to finance our own oppression. No, that's too harsh. ... to finance the potential for our own oppression.
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