Unlike many other countries in the world, the UK does not currently have an identity card system in operation. However, the UK government has proposed the introduction of ID cards, claiming that they are useful in order to fight crime and terrorism. This proposal has met with resistance for a wide variety of reasons.
Listen to a British journalist give an overview of some of the problems that can be associated with an identity card system and read the opinions about ID cards given by some British citizens.
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