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thewayneThey estimate saving 800 billion pounds ($1.1US trillion) with the cancellation since the program has not been nationally deployed yet. The sucky element is that it cost taxpayers 30 pounds (about $43US). There's a lot of commentary that the UK government had no specific goal and kept changing the announced purpose for the card.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8707355.stm
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/05/28/0230259/UK-Home-Office-Set-To-Scrap-National-ID-Cards?art_pos=9
Now, interestingly there's a lot of people who like the cards and don't want them to go away. Apparently a lot of EU countries have no problems accepting the cards for ID.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8707112.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8707355.stm
http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/05/28/0230259/UK-Home-Office-Set-To-Scrap-National-ID-Cards?art_pos=9
Now, interestingly there's a lot of people who like the cards and don't want them to go away. Apparently a lot of EU countries have no problems accepting the cards for ID.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8707112.stm
