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Across the world there is
Across the world there is a drive to increase the security of identity
documents and we cannot be left behind. From next year we are introducing
biometric ‘ePassports’. It makes sense to provide citizens with
an equally secure identity card to protect them at home from identity
theft and clamp down on illegal working and fraudulent use of public
services.We will introduce ID cards, including biometric data like
fingerprints, backed up by a national register and rolling out initially
on a voluntary basis as people renew their passports.