Shambolic NIR scheme

The government's identity scheme is in meltdown. Following the revelations contained in the e-mails of senior managers in the civil service which were leaked over the weekend, it has now emerged that the process of tendering contracts to establish the scheme has been put back indefinitely, following a review of the Home Office ordered by John Reid.

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

The Home Secretary is to be applauded for taking such decisive action. He may now wish to reflect on the news (11 July) that the Identity and Passport Service had to withdraw its new online application service after just three weeks, by when a backlog of 5,000 applications developed. This service was, bizarrely, used as an example of a successful deployment of IT by the Prime Minister in recent months.

The concept of the National Identity Register is folly and unworkable.

GERAINT BEVAN

NO2ID Scotland

Grovepark Gardens

Glasgow