The end of ID cards: British Government scraps £5billion scheme in its most humiliating U-turn yet

The Daily Mail reports:

British citizens will never be forced to carry ID cards, the Government announced today.

In a humiliating U-turn, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said that a trial scheme that was to force some airport staff to carry the controversial cards has been scrapped.

The massive climbdown means that carrying an ID card will now never be made compulsory for members of the general public.

The move signals the end of one of Labour's most controversial policies, which has been championed by a succession of Home Secretaries, and threatens to further undermine the authority of the Prime Minister.

And the retreat will be seized upon by Opposition parties and campaigners who have argued the £5 billion scheme is unnecessary and excessively expensive.

Let freedom ring.