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ID cards a colossal waste of money

6.15.24pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 6th May 2008

Commenting on the latest revision in the estimated costs of the ID card scheme, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne said:

"Minor changes in cost estimates cannot disguise the fact that nearly £5bn of taxpayers' money will be squandered on a scheme that will fail to combat identify fraud, illegal working, crime or terrorism.

"This colossal waste of money should go on putting 10,000 more police on our streets instead."

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