Would a digital ID card make life easier, or more complicated? What are the risks? Sean O’Grady takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages, for the government and the rest of us ...

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has said identity cards will not be compulsory for UK citizens. Here's a guide to what it means for the multi-billion pound identity scheme. What did Mr Johnson actually ...

Two former Labour home secretaries - Charles Clarke and Alan Johnson - are urging the government to reconsider identity cards. In a joint letter to the Times, external, the former MPs say that ...

Identity cards have been held up as the answer to identity fraud. History of identical cards in the UK The last time the UK issued compulsory ID cards to citizens was during the second world war, when ...

While Labour talked about ID cards for many years, they only became a plastic reality for UK citizens in November of last year. And now they will not even make it to their first birthday as the ...

The Home Office says there will be no requirement to show an ID card anywhere and all officials will have to accept other forms of ID too. The police, immigration officers, job centre and other public ...