Time to bin ID cards? / Nick Heath Silicon.com 23 May 2008
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39230403,00.htm
"The government is facing calls to cancel its ID card scheme after it announced that all of the five remaining IT suppliers have now been short-listed to deliver the system. Opponents questioned whether the complex £2bn system has any chance of being run effectively or competitively when the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has just five companies left to choose from and five parts of the contract to fill."