Identity cards: Blunkett threatens to sue for his money
Home Secretary Theresa May announced yesterday that the national
identity register will be scrapped within 100 days, and existing cards will become invalid.
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Hide AdThousands of people are believed to have been issued with the identity cards.
Mr Blunkett, who announced plans for ID cards in 2003, dismissed suggestions that they formed part of a "surveillance state". The MP for what is now Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, told BBC radio: "I have
got a card and it's very useful and I don't believe anyone has
surveilled anything about me.
"Unfortunately, nobody is getting their money back. I'm thinking of
suing them, but it might cost me more than 30."
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Hide AdMr Blunkett accused Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of "exaggeration and hyperbole and self-deception" over the supposed intrusiveness of the national identity register.
He said scrapping the cards would make it harder for security services to fight terrorism and for the Government to tackle fraud.