Britains ID cards must be free for all – says Gordon Brown's advisor.

The Prime Minister's own advisor, Sir James Crosby, has told the Government that it should scrap charges for the new controversial ID Cards.

The current plan is to charge every citizen £30.00 for the card, and up to £100 for those that want both an ID card and a passport to fund the scheme, estimated to cost £4.5 Billion.

However, Government opponents have also said that, if charges were to be dropped, taxes will still have to rise (further) to pay for the scheme.

The (Latest) ID Card TimeLine:

Late 2008 – First Compulsory cards for Foreign Nationals will be issued
2009 – Compulsory cards issued to 200,000 UK airport workers
2010 – Students and other young people will be invited to apply
2012 – UK Nationals forced to enrol on ID database when applying for passport
2017 – National Roll Out with an estimated 80% of UK Citizens registered on Database
2018 – Universal registration to be made compulsory

BUT Government ministers have admitted that the scheme would have done nothing to prevent the terrrorism atrocities on 7/7 – and the point of the scheme is to prevent terrorism and prevent identity theft.

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