Identity cards scheme will be axed ‘within 100 days’

BBC:

The National Identity Card scheme will be abolished within 100 days with all cards becoming invalid, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.


Legislation to axe the scheme will be the first put before parliament by the new government – with a target of it becoming law by August.


The 15,000 people who voluntarily paid £30 for a card since the 2009 roll out in Manchester will not get a refund.