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Monday, July 07, 2003
Blunkett's ID cards 'threat to freedom'
Gabriel Syme (London)
(1)   Identity cards

The Telegraph reports that a leaked memo revealed that David Blunkett is pushing the Cabinet to back national identity cards for everyone aged 16 and over. The Home Secretary insists in a memo to Cabinet colleagues that rather than limiting freedom, his plan for ID cards would reinforce people's sense of liberty by making it easier for them to use services and protecting them from criminals and terrorists.

It is understood that he wants to introduce legislation in the autumn to allow cards to be brought in within the next few years. A full Cabinet discussion is expected within the next fortnight.

Privacy International, the civil rights watchdog, will mount a campaign against the plans this week. Simon Davies, its director, said:

This is without doubt the most threatening issue for civil rights and freedoms since the Second World War.

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