ID charge

Whilst welcoming the Con-Dem decision to scrap the ID card scheme, what about the plight of the 15,000 misguided early adopters who parted with £30 for cards now to be invalidated without refund? It would cost little or nothing for these cards to run to the end of their original validity and the government is being pettily vindictive in not allowing this.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th May 2010, 21:53 BST